United Hospitals is the historical collective name for the medical schools in London, England. The name originally referred to Guy's Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital and their relationship prior to 1769. It has since been used to describe all London medical schools, which are all part of the University of London (UoL), except the Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM) which left in 2007. The term is currently used by United Hospitals Medgroup, a joint students' union made up of the five UoL medical schools, and ICSM.

In addition to inter-collegiate UoL competitions, which include all UoL colleges, the United Hospitals are engaged in an active series of sporting, and even comedy events against each other, and also at times as a united team.

Current Members The current United Hospitals are:

Medical SchoolUniversityTeaching Hospitals King's College London GKT School of Medical Education (GKT) King's College London Guy's HospitalKing's College HospitalSt Thomas's Hospital Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM) Imperial College London Charing Cross HospitalChelsea and Westminster HospitalSt Mary's Hospital, LondonHammersmith Hospital Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (BL) Queen Mary University of London St Bartholomew's HospitalRoyal London HospitalNewham University HospitalWhipps Cross University HospitalMile End HospitalHomerton University Hospital UCL Medical School (RUMS) University College London University College HospitalThe Royal Free HospitalThe Whittington Hospital School of Health & Medical Sciences City St George's, University of London St George's HospitalSt Helier HospitalEpsom HospitalKingston Hospital

Medical Student Newspaper is also distributed to the five members, with the editorial team being made up of students from each school. For the purposes of sporting events, the Royal Veterinary College is included in the United Hospitals, as was – until the demise of both hospital and school in the early 1980s – the Royal Dental Hospital School of Dentistry. The five members also contribute to the Saving Londoners' Lives project, sending medical students to deliver emergency life support skills training in schools.

Former Members The original 13 United Hospitals of London were:

Charing Cross Hospital Medical School1818–1984 Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School1984–1997 Imperial College School of Medicine1997– Westminster Hospital Medical School1834–1984 St Mary's Hospital Medical School1854–1997 Royal Postgraduate Medical School1935–1997 St George's Hospital Medical School1733– St Thomas's Hospital Medical School1550–1982 United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals1982–1998 King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry1998– Guy's Hospital Medical School King's College Medical School Middlesex Hospital Medical School1745–1987 University College & Middlesex School of Medicine1987–1998 The Royal Free & University College Medical School1998–2008renamedUCL Medical School2008– University College Hospital Medical School 1834–1987 Royal Free Hospital Medical School1874–1998 St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1843–1995 Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry London Hospital Medical College1785–1995

MedGroup

MedGroup is the collective body of Students' Union presidents and British Medical Association representatives from each of the five member medical schools. Monthly meetings ensure common workings and sharing of best-practice within the student bodies.. The committee is formed of six positions alongside the presidents of each medical schools students' union; chair, vice-chair, activities officer, education officer, welfare officer and communications officer. The chair is Christian Oldfield (ICSM) and the vice-chair is Ciaran O'Toole (ICSM).

Sports

Combined teams United Hospitals RFC United Hospitals Athletics Club United Hospitals Boat Club United Hospitals Cricket Club United Hospitals Football Club United Hospitals Hockey Club United Hospitals Lawn Tennis Club

Occasionally compete in National Association of Medics Sports

Competitions Year Rugby Men's Hockey Women's Hockey Football Men's Bumps Women's Bumps Cricket Athletics Cross Country Revue Tennis Netball Cricket Squash Women's Rugby2025–26SGH2024–25ICSMBL2023–24BLKCL/GKTBLRUMS2022–23BLBL2021–22ICSMGKTSGHSGHSGHSGH2020–21ICSM/KCLGKTGKTNot HeldNot HeldNot Held2019–20GKTSGHBL2018–19GKTBL/KCLGKTRUMSRVCICSM 2017–18 RUMS SGUL GKT GKT BL SGH BL 2016–17 BL ICSM GKT BL GKT RUMS 2015–16 SGUL ICSM GKT BL RUMS 2014–15 RUMS GKT BL ICSM GKT BL RUMS 2013–14 ICSM GKT RUMS ICSM SGUL BL RUMS 2012–13 BL GKT RUMS SGUL SGUL GKT ICSM GKT 2011–12 BL ICSM RUMS SGUL SGUL ICSM ICSM SGUL ICSM 2010–11 ICSM ICSM GKT GKT GKT SGUL ICSM SGUL ICSM SGUL 2009–10 ICSM SGUL RUMS GKT GKT ICSM GKT ICSM ICSM 2008–09 GKT Not Played GKT GKT RUMS RUMS ICSM 2007–08 ICSM SGUL BL GKT RUMS ICSM GKT ICSM ICSM 2006–07 ICSM SGUL GKT GKT ICSM ICSM ICSM 2005–06 ICSM SGUL BL ICSM GKT ICSM GKT ICSM ICSM 2004–05 ICSM ICSM ICSM ICSM GKT SGUL SGUL ICSM 2003–04 ICSM GKT ICSM ICSM RUMS ICSM SGUL 2002–03 ICSM GKT ICSM ICSM ICSM BL SGUL 2001–02 ICSM ICSM ICSM BL First year (not competitive) 2000–01 GKT GKT ICSM BL – ICSM 1999–2000 ICSM GKT ICSM GKT ICSM – ICSM 1998–99 ICSM ICSM ICSM ICSM ICSM – ICSM 1997–98 ICSM ICSM ICSM ICSM ICSM - ICSM

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