Birmingham Children's Hospital
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The Birmingham Children's Hospital is a children's hospital
located in Birmingham
, England
.
It provides general and emergency health care services to children in Birmingham, the West Midlands
and beyond. It specialises in liver transplantation, cardiac, and neonatal surgery. Birmingham Children's also hosts the West Midlands Regional Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate, providing a mulitidiscipliary service for cleft patients, including speech & language therapy, dental, orthodontics, maxillofacial, plastic surgery and psychology. It is currently the only hospital in the UK to carry out intestinal transplants in children.
(CAMHS) for the city. The current Chief Executive is Sarah-Jane Marsh, who is married to NHS England Chief Executive David Nicholson
.
It opened in 1862 as the Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children at 138–9 Steelhouse Lane. It moved to a new site on Ladywood Road in 1917. A charity concert was held called "Heart Beat 86
" at the National Exhibition Centre
, featuring George Harrison
and raising money for the hospital.
In 1998 the hospital returned to Steelhouse Lane, to the buildings previously used by the General Hospital.
A helicopter landing pad
is marked near the road in front of the hospital. When it is used, police officers encircle the area and prevent vehicles from moving along the road until the helicopter
has departed and the patient taken into the hospital.
The Hospital treats nearly 250,000 children a year from all over the UK, and is regarded as one of the best children's hospitals in Europe.
In 2007, a new extension designed by RPS Group was opened. The modern extension houses a burns unit, one of three such centres of excellence in the country. As well as this, it contains an outpatients department, a neo-natal Unit, a burns ward and a burns operating theatre, as well as additional classrooms for the Education Centre, allowing children to continue their education whilst undergoing medium to long term care in the hospital.
A brand-new £1 million research facility has been built at the Hospital, in a joint venture with The Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility. The Hospital also hosts a Teenage Cancer Trust ward build jointly with the TCT.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is Internationally recognised as one of the best of such centres in the World
The Birmingham Children's Hospital is a Grade A locally listed building.
.
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...
located in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, 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...
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It provides general and emergency health care services to children in Birmingham, the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
and beyond. It specialises in liver transplantation, cardiac, and neonatal surgery. Birmingham Children's also hosts the West Midlands Regional Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate, providing a mulitidiscipliary service for cleft patients, including speech & language therapy, dental, orthodontics, maxillofacial, plastic surgery and psychology. It is currently the only hospital in the UK to carry out intestinal transplants in children.
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The hospital is managed by the Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which also provides Child and Adolescent Mental Health ServicesChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is a name for NHS-provided services for children in the mental health arena in the UK. In the UK they are often organised around a 4 Tiers system...
(CAMHS) for the city. The current Chief Executive is Sarah-Jane Marsh, who is married to NHS England Chief Executive David Nicholson
David Nicholson (civil servant)
Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE is Chief Executive of the English National Health Service, appointed in September 2006.-Education:Nicholson was educated at Forest Fields Grammar School in Nottingham, and graduated from Bristol University with a 2:1 in History and Politics.-Career:Nicholson joined the...
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It opened in 1862 as the Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children at 138–9 Steelhouse Lane. It moved to a new site on Ladywood Road in 1917. A charity concert was held called "Heart Beat 86
Heart Beat 86
Heart Beat 86 was a benefit concert staged at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham, England, on 15 March 1986 . It was organised by Bev Bevan to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital....
" at the National Exhibition Centre
National Exhibition Centre
The National Exhibition Centre is an exhibition centre in Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It has 20 interconnected halls, set in grounds of 628 acres making it the...
, featuring George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
and raising money for the hospital.
In 1998 the hospital returned to Steelhouse Lane, to the buildings previously used by the General Hospital.
Helipad
Helipad is a common abbreviation for helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. While helicopters are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can safely...
is marked near the road in front of the hospital. When it is used, police officers encircle the area and prevent vehicles from moving along the road until the helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
has departed and the patient taken into the hospital.
The Hospital treats nearly 250,000 children a year from all over the UK, and is regarded as one of the best children's hospitals in Europe.
In 2007, a new extension designed by RPS Group was opened. The modern extension houses a burns unit, one of three such centres of excellence in the country. As well as this, it contains an outpatients department, a neo-natal Unit, a burns ward and a burns operating theatre, as well as additional classrooms for the Education Centre, allowing children to continue their education whilst undergoing medium to long term care in the hospital.
A brand-new £1 million research facility has been built at the Hospital, in a joint venture with The Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility. The Hospital also hosts a Teenage Cancer Trust ward build jointly with the TCT.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is Internationally recognised as one of the best of such centres in the World
The Birmingham Children's Hospital is a Grade A locally listed building.
.