Maternity hospital

It also provides care for newborn infants, and may act as a centre for clinical training in midwifery and obstetrics.

Maternity hospitals in the United Kingdom can be traced back to a number of 18th century establishments in London and Dublin.

[citation needed] The first noted lying-in hospital appears to be one founded by Sir Richard Manningham in Jermyn Street, London, in 1739 and which evolved into the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital.

All of these were run by male physicians, women being blocked from completing training as doctors until the 1870s.

[4][5][6][7] Its work continues in the modern Elizabeth Garrett Anderson maternity wing of University College Hospital, part of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust.