It is built on land that was once part of St Bernard's Hospital which is run by West London Mental Health (NHS) Trust.

It is anticipated that there will be a phased removal of acute care services from Ealing Hospital in the medium to long-term.

With a total of 67 beds and ten cots in a special care baby unit, Ealing residents 'chose' to have 33.5% of their births here at a rate of 1,800 per annum.

Various working committees agreed that for various reasons it would be better to move the facilities at Perivale to a new maternity unit located on the same site as Ealing General.

Director of Nursing Paul Reeves said that the data was collected in August 2007 and the trust was addressing the issues with a series of action plans.

[9] An independent review is ongoing about the impact the decision to close these departments has had on emergency care in the North West London area.