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 Sick Children, Glasgow million, 256 bed, Royal Hospital for Sick Children will be integrated with the refurbished Maternity unit at the Southern General Hospital as well as a new 1109 bed Adult Hospital and the existing specialist Institute of Neurological Sciences. The hospital closed on 10 June 2015, with services transferring to the new Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. The hospital building reopened on 4 December 2015, becoming West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital. West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital was created to house the remaining outpatient service's and the minor injury unit previously housed at the Western Infirmary. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow