Old soldiers' home of The Royal Hospital, ensuring the care and well-being of the Chelsea Pensioners who live there and safeguarding the historic buildings and grounds, which it owns in trust'. Royal Hospital is also a ward of the Kensington and Chelsea Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 7,252. Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and are now known as the Old Royal Naval College. The word "hospital" was used in its
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People Royal Hospital for Children and Young People The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is a hospital under construction that will specialise in paediatric healthcare. The hospital will form part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus at Little France, in Edinburgh and is scheduled to open in 2018. The hospital replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (the "Sick Kids") in Sciennes. The facility will provide care for children and young people from birth to around 16 years of age. The hospital was designed by HLM Architects, with construction carried out by Brookfield Multiplex. Construction began in February