Old soldiers' home in the ranks before receiving a commission. The site for the Royal Hospital was an area of Chelsea which held an incomplete building "Chelsey College", a theological college James I founded in 1609. The Royal Hospital opened its doors to the Chelsea Pensioners in 1692 for "the relief and succour" of veterans. Some of the first soldiers admitted included those injured at the Battle of Sedgemoor. The hospital maintains a 'military-based culture which puts a premium on comradeship'. The in-pensioners are formed into three companies, each headed by a Captain of Invalids (an ex-Army officer responsible for the 'day to
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People clinical neurosciences who will move across from the Western General Hospital and the department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) who will move from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. The new hospital will have 233 beds. It will be built under the Scottish Futures Trust. In May 2017, it was announced the new hospital would be called Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. The facility will treat patients up to the age of 16. Royal Hospital for Children and Young People The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is a hospital under construction that will specialise in