聖巴多羅買醫院由亨利一世國王的寵臣華西亞(1114年逝世後葬於附近的聖巴多羅買大教堂)於1123年創辦。亨利八世國王下令解散修道院後,醫院運作雖然未受影響,但收入卻被削減。亨利八世於1546年12月簽署合同,將醫院授予倫敦市,從而重新創辦聖巴多羅買醫院,並於1547年1月的專利特許證賦予其物業和收入。醫院的法律名稱為「亨利八世基金會倫敦市郊西士美菲貧民院」(House of the Poore in West Smithfield in the suburbs of the City of London of Henry VIII's Foundation),但公眾從未使用這名稱。醫院首任院長是亨利的醫生湯馬斯·韋加利(英语:Thomas Vicary)。[2]
^James O. Robinson, "The Royal and Ancient Hospital of St Bartholomew (Founded 1123)," Journal of Medical Biography (1993) 1#1 pp 23-30
^Thomas R. Forbes, "Mortality at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1839-72," Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (1983) 38#4 pp 432-449
^Bernard Tomlinson's Report of the Inquiry into the London Health Service (HMSO 1993)
^ 8.08.1Major to minor: the closure of Bart's A&E department has overshadowed a parallel development at the London hospital - the opening of a nurse-led minor injuries unit Cassidy, Jane Nursing Times (1995)
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