Sandwell Hospital
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Sandwell Hospital in West Bromwich
, England
is also known as Sandwell General Hospital
and was called Hallam Hospital.
Hallam Hospital in Hallam Street originated as an infirmary added to the West Bromwich
union workhouse in 1884. Improvements were begun in 1925, when the infirmary then became a separate institution named Hallam Hospital. After the creation of the National Health Service
and rebuilding in the 1970s, the Hospital was renamed Sandwell General Hospital
. The hospital includes surviving buildings of the former workhouse as well as more recent buildings.
The Hospital is part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
and coupling this with its partner hospital at City Hospital, Birmingham
, has one of the oldest building stocks of any hospital group in England. A major rebuilding project is planned.
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London-to-Birkenhead road. West Bromwich is part of the Black Country...
, 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...
is also known as Sandwell General Hospital
Sandwell General Hospital
Sandwell General Hospital is a busy acute teaching hospital of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in West Bromwich, England and provides an extensive range of general and specialist hospital services....
and was called Hallam Hospital.
Hallam Hospital in Hallam Street originated as an infirmary added to the West Bromwich
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London-to-Birkenhead road. West Bromwich is part of the Black Country...
union workhouse in 1884. Improvements were begun in 1925, when the infirmary then became a separate institution named Hallam Hospital. After the creation of the National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
and rebuilding in the 1970s, the Hospital was renamed Sandwell General Hospital
Sandwell General Hospital
Sandwell General Hospital is a busy acute teaching hospital of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in West Bromwich, England and provides an extensive range of general and specialist hospital services....
. The hospital includes surviving buildings of the former workhouse as well as more recent buildings.
The Hospital is part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest National Health Service teaching Trusts in England and comprises Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, Birmingham City Hospital and Rowley Regis Hospital.-External links:*...
and coupling this with its partner hospital at City Hospital, 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...
, has one of the oldest building stocks of any hospital group in England. A major rebuilding project is planned.