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The hospital's location

I don't think MBRZ48's edit is an improvement.

Saying that the hospital is in the north west corner of Brent ignores that fact that Northwick Park: 1. is on the border of the boroughs of Brent and Harrow; 2. is only a short walk from Harrow town centre; 3. receives funding from both NHS Brent and NHS Harrow; 4. has a significant number of patients from the borough of Harrow.

I propose that we revert to the previous edit. What do others think? Headhitter (talk) 22:21, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm intrigued that the location is contentious. I was born at NPH, and have been uncertain as to whether I was born in Harrow or Brent - it's a pain when 'place of birth' is used as a security question! My passport says I was born in Harrow, but I'm fairly sure my birth certificate says Brent... 217.33.180.66 (talk) 16:39, 26 February 2013 (UTC)Andrew[reply]

One of my kids was also born at NPH, and the birth certificate shows Brent. Also, if you look at Google maps for Harrow and Brent respectively, both clearly show the hospital being in Brent, albeit only just (the boundary abuts the hospital site on two sides). I've edited the article accordingly, and hopefully we can now draw a line under this - there really shouldn't be any confusion or contest regarding something like this, the hospital is where it is, as is the borough boundary! :) DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:54, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just to point out that if you travel along the Watford Road from the John Lyon Roundabout towards Northwick Park, you pass a road sign which says 'Welcome To Harrow - Twinned With Douai, France' (or words similar to those) before you get to the hospital. That would imply that from that point onwards you are in the borough of Harrow and no longer in Brent, therefore the hospital would be in Harrow rather than Brent. That may of course only refer to one side of the road, possibly not the side the hospital is on, but the sign has been there for decades, at least since the 1980s, and been renewed at least once that I can remember, with the location remaining the same. One more thing - If you receive any official letters from the hospital, they give their address as 'Watford Road, Harrow'. I think that should settle the debate. So perhaps the article needs to be amended. Also, with regard to birth certificates, Northwick Park Hospital is listed as being in Harrow on those for my family members. But if the birth was registered in a different borough, such as Brent, it should still say place of birth Harrow, but address of parents would be Brent and the registration district or sub-district would be Brent.

Bad Article with Missing History

This article is woeful. It reads as a half-hearted piece of publicity for a pretty ordinary hospital. There is no understanding of the history of the establishment of the new hospital with the MRC-funded Clinical Research Centre. What on earth is the "Clinical Research Council"? Gordoncph (talk) 07:52, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're correct. It was wrong. JFW | T@lk 22:26, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Updates 22 Nov 2014

I've made some updates. For completeness I should declare a COI as I am employed by the Trust. JFW | T@lk 22:26, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]