[2] The two facilities merged as the Eastern Fever Hospital in 1884 and a new isolation block was built in 1935.

The hospital was built at a cost of £20 million and was opened by the Princess Royal in March 1987.

[6] Clinical throughput increased further when the Hackney Hospital on Homerton High Street closed in 1995 and services were transferred to the current site.

It holds the level 2 NHS Litigation Authority rating for safety for both general and maternity services.

[10] In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission[11] however the first CQC report following rated the A&E dept as 'outstanding'.