Landmarks

1978	Opening of the Great Chapel Street Medical Centre, a drop in clinic for homeless people in Central London . Dr El Kabir appointed physician in charge

1979	Recognition of the need for a sickbay to provide shelter and medical care for the homeless in cases where hospital admission is inappropriate or unwelcome

1981	Publication of the Acheson Report on Primary Healthcare in Inner London . This recognised the extent and severity of disease amongst the homeless, their reluctance to use general practitioners and the demand they make on emergency services and hospital beds as a result

1983	Medical sessions begin at the day centre in St Martins-in-the-Field Social Care Unit Wytham Hall registered as a charity

1984	Transfer of lease of 117 Sutherland Avenue from Paddington and North Kensington Health Authority to Wytham Hall

	Admission of the first patient

1985	Purchase by the Council of Management of the freehold of 117 Sutherland Avenue

1986	Registration as a Residential Care Home for 10 residents

	Mobile Surgery

1987 - 1991	Operation of Mobile Surgery for the homeless
1989	Dr Joseph employed through Wytham Hall as a full time psychiatrist for the homeless based at Great Chapel Street Medical Centre First elective students come to Wytham Hall funded by the Conanima Foundation. Registration to admit women

July 1990	Registration for 14 residents

Jan 1991	Outreach clinics run at cold weather shelters

1992	Bail bed project at Wytham Hall as part of a court diversion scheme for mentally disordered offenders 1000th Admission to Wytham Hall An anthropological view of Wytham Hall

1993	London Implementation Group grant to promote the timely discharge of homeless patients from hospital to Wytham Hall

1994	Opening of the Wytham Hall Glaxo Community Care Home

1995	Involvement in the Europe Network (Europe- Health of the poor and excluded) Purchase of second move-on property (four bedroom flat in Charfield Court ) and contract to take homeless patients from St Mary’s Hospital Great Chapel Street moves to new premises

1996	Contract with Paterson Centre to take homeless mentally ill patients from St Mary’s Hospital. Purchase of third move-on property (four bedroom flat in Charfield Court )

1998	100 th Elective Student attends Wytham Hall

1999	Great Chapel Street awarded NHS Beacon Status for three years

2000	Special study module at Wytham Hall for students from Oxford University and Imperial College London. University College London students attend on day placements.

2001	Contract with the Gordon Hospital to take psychiatric patients on discharge 2000 th Admission to Wytham Hall

2003	Contract with Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust to take patients from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital . Funding for the move-on houses moves to ‘Supporting People’ 100 th admission to supported housing

2004	20th Anniversary held at The Royal Society of Medicine