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The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, is one of the UK's largest independent charitable hospitals. Profits are used to fund its on-site hospice, St John's, which offers free care to over 3,000 patients and their families every year. ==History and operations== The hospital was founded in 1856 with a Roman Catholic affiliation and is a registered charity. In 2009, it had an income of £42,671,000, making it one of the 150 largest charities in the United Kingdom.〔 (Charities Direct: Top 500 Charities - Income ). Charities Direct.〕 Hospital facilities include five theatres, and en-suite bathrooms in all bedrooms. It is also the home to British Athletics, which established its medical HQ at the Hospital to care for track and field athletes.〔 HJE Official website. Retrieved 20 July 2015〕 The hospital employs over 600 doctors.〔 HJE Official website. Retrieved 20 July 2015〕 The hospital came to media attention in late 2007 when several board members resigned over a change in code of ethics instituted by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, a patron of the hospital. The change was to implement tighter controls on "abortion, contraception and sex-change operations". Later in 2008, the Cardinal ordered the resignation of the remaining board members. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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