Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Jesus Hospital, Chipping Barnet
1.111 The Jesus Hospital in Chipping Barnet charity was founded in 1679 by James
and Mary Ravenscroft. It exists for the purposes of managing the charity’s
almshouses in the Barnet area (Hertfordshire) thereby providing accommodation
for persons in housing and financial need. The scheme confirmed by the Jesus
Hospital (Chipping Barnet) Scheme Charity Confirmation Act 1933 152 authorised
the charity’s Visitors to buy “the Tudor Hall of the Grammar School of Queen
Elizabeth at Chipping Barnet” 153 for the use of the Visitors for their meetings, to
provide an office for their clerk and for other purposes in connection with the
charity’s work. The scheme authorised a purchase price for the hall of £1750.
1.112 The charity, however, no longer owns Tudor Hall. It was sold to Hertfordshire
County Council for educational purposes in 1958. Today Tudor Hall forms part of
Barnet College. Accordingly the 1933 Act scheme no longer operates and has
become obsolete along with the 1933 Act itself.
Cancer (Royal Marsden) Hospital
1.113 Founded as the Free Cancer Hospital in 1851 154 by Dr William Marsden, the
Royal Marsden Hospital was the first hospital in the world dedicated to the study
and treatment of cancer. The hospital outgrew its original premises at Cannon
Row, Westminster and moved in 1930 to its present site in the Fulham Road in
south-west London. 155 The hospital became part of the National Health Service in
1948 and became a post-graduate teaching hospital. In 2004 the hospital
became one of the first NHS Foundation Trusts, a status that provided the
hospital with greater financial freedom.
1.114 The principal purpose of the Cancer Hospital (Free) Act 1933 156 was to authorise
the hospital to maintain separate areas for patients who were able and willing to
pay fees for their medical treatment (whilst being unable to afford the cost of a
private nursing home). The 1933 Act also authorised the hospital to charge these
patients such fees as were specified by the Charity Commissioners. The 1933
Act became unnecessary as a result of the Voluntary Hospitals (Paying Patients)
Act 1936 157 which authorised voluntary hospitals (such as the Royal Marsden) to
provide accommodation and treatment for paying patients. Today the hospital
has the powers given to Foundation Trusts by the National Health Service Act
2006, 158 including powers to provide private health care for paying patients.
152 23 & 24 Geo.5 c.xiv.
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The 1933 Act, Sch, art 1. Tudor Hall was built in 1573 for the purposes of the grammar
school in Chipping Barnet.
154 The hospital was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1910 and became known as The
Cancer Hospital (Free). The Hospital was renamed “The Royal Marsden Hospital” in 1954.
155 A second hospital was opened in Sutton (south London) in 1962.
156 23 & 24 Geo.5 c.xxxvi.
157 26 Geo.5 & 1 Edw.8 c.17.
158 The 2006 Act (c.41), Pt 2, Ch 5 (NHS Foundation Trusts).
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