The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 as part of the nearby St Thomas' Hospital group of hospitals (now Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust). The Royal Waterloo Hospital closed on 27 July 1976. The building was awarded Grade II listed status by English Heritage in 1980. In 1981 it was sold and for the next three decades was the central London campus of Schiller International University. In 2011, Schiller International University moved out of the building and sold it to University of Notre Dame of South Bend, Indiana, USA where it was renovated and converted into dormitories. Notable staff Walter Cooper Dendy, surgeon and writer Charles Hilton Fagge, physician and author of medical papers John Cooper Forster, surgeon and author of medical papers Dr Braxton Hicks, who described Braxton Hicks contractions William Sargant, controversial psychiatrist William Shearman, physician and medical writer Charles West, physician, founder of Great Ormond Street Hospital Sir Samuel Wilks, physician, medical writer, biographer See also Healthcare in London Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust St Thomas' Hospital References External links Entry on the Royal Waterloo Hospital on the English Heritage Website Royal Waterloo Hospital Archives on AIM25 (Archives in London and the M25 Area Website) Hospital buildings completed in 1816 Defunct hospitals in London Health in the London Borough of Lambeth Hospitals established in 1816 1976 disestablishments in England Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth History of the London Borough of Lambeth Women's hospitals Children's hospitals in the United Kingdom 1816 establishments in England Women in London University of Notre Dame