Alder Hey Children's Hospital
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Alder Hey Children Hospital is a children's hospital
in West Derby
, Liverpool
. It is run by the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service
in England
. The hospital forms a key part of the medical education at the University of Liverpool's Medical School curriculum.
. The hospital acquired the prefix 'Royal' in 1985 and became an NHS hospital trust
in 1991. It currently employs about 2,400 staff and treats over 200,000 children each year.
During the 1990s it was featured in the BBC
television series Children's Hospital.
In one instance, the sound recordist and musician Chris Watson
was employed to devise an art project, using bird song
recordings made by children to calm other young patients as they received injections and other treatments.
for more details).
took to the challenge of changing the dinner menu of Alder Hey Children's hospital on his televised show, Heston's Mission Impossible.
Children's hospital
A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children . The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties...
in West Derby
West Derby
West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2001 Census, the population of the ward was 14,801 .-History:...
, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. It is run by the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The hospital forms a key part of the medical education at the University of Liverpool's Medical School curriculum.
History
The hospital was founded in 1914 and is one of the largest children's hospitals in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. The hospital acquired the prefix 'Royal' in 1985 and became an NHS hospital trust
NHS Hospital Trust
An NHS hospital trust, also known as an acute trust is an NHS trust that provides secondary health services within the English National Health Service and in NHS Wales. Hospital trusts are commissioned to provide these services by NHS primary care trusts....
in 1991. It currently employs about 2,400 staff and treats over 200,000 children each year.
During the 1990s it was featured in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television series Children's Hospital.
Charity funding
A charity, 'imagine', raises funds to assist the hospital's work and to provide art work there.In one instance, the sound recordist and musician Chris Watson
Chris Watson (musician)
Christopher Richard Watson is a Sheffield-born musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. He was a founding member of the musical group Cabaret Voltaire, and Watson's work as a wildlife sound recordist has covered television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.-...
was employed to devise an art project, using bird song
Bird song
Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, songs are distinguished by function from calls.-Definition:The distinction between songs and calls is based upon...
recordings made by children to calm other young patients as they received injections and other treatments.
Organ scandal
In 1999 an enquiry was instituted to investigate the hospital's practices in respect of removal and retention of human tissue. The enquiry had far-reaching effects throughout the UK hospital system (see Alder Hey organs scandalAlder Hey organs scandal
The Alder Hey organs scandal involved the unauthorised removal, retention, and disposal of human tissue, including children’s organs, during the period 1988 to 1995...
for more details).
Heston's Mission Impossible
In 2011, chef Heston BlumenthalHeston Blumenthal
Heston Marc Blumenthal OBE is an English chef and owner of The Fat Duck, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Bray, Berkshire voted Best Restaurant in the UK by The Good Food Guide 2007 and 2009, and voted best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine in 2005...
took to the challenge of changing the dinner menu of Alder Hey Children's hospital on his televised show, Heston's Mission Impossible.