The annual Bart’s View Day Service at St Bartholomew the Great and afterwards at the hospital is held in the second Wednesday in May.
The date for 2025 is Wednesday 14th May 2025
Eligibility: livery masters are invited to attend
Further details are at this link. (to follow)
Or you may email the organiser, the Barts Health NHS Trust.
History
View Day has been part of the Barts calendar for nearly 500 years, and has possibly existed in some form since the hospital’s foundation in 1123.
Traditionally, View Day has two parts – sharing the work of the hospital with our local community and a more formal inspection of the hospital’s properties.
The tradition of ‘viewing’, or inspecting the hospital properties, dates back to the re-foundation of St Bartholomew’s Hospital by King Henry VIII. The hospital’s medieval buildings were in a state of disrepair and an annual inspection was put in place by the new board of governors.
From the 1970s, the church service was reinstated, and is now Evensong (doors open at 4.30pm). Afterwards. a procession from the church (incl livery masters) returns to the hospital for a Reception in the Great Hall.
