 As well as replacing the Eastern Hospital, the new hospital replaced the Mothers' Hospital Lower Clapton Road in Hackney, which closed in 1986, and the German Hospital on Ritson Road, which closed in 1987.Clinical throughput increased further when the Hackney Hospital on Homerton High Street closed in 1995 and services were transferred to the current site.The hospital was the designated hospital for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.