Birmingham Women's Hospital is a women's hospital which is located directly opposite The
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
, England. It is managed by
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The first Birmingham maternity hospital was established in 1842 to reduce the number of women and children dying needlessly from puerperal fever and childbirth related infections.
The Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women was established with eight beds at Showell Green in
Sparkhill
Sparkhill is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England, situated between Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook.
Historically part of Worcestershire, Sparkhill once existed as a rural area with its main industry being agriculture until the 1 ...
in 1871.
It moved to a converted farmhouse on the Stratford Road in 1878, to a purpose-built facility on Showell Green Lane in 1905
[ and then to the current modern facility in ]Edgbaston
Edgbaston () is an affluent suburban area of central Birmingham, England, historically in Warwickshire, and curved around the southwest of the city centre.
In the 19th century, the area was under the control of the Gough-Calthorpe family a ...
in 1968.[
]
See also
* List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
* Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottingha ...
* Healthcare in West Midlands
Healthcare in the West Midlands was, until July 2022, the responsibility of five clinical commissioning groups: Birmingham and Solihull, Sandwell and West Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Walsall.
History
From 1947 to 1974 NHS services in t ...
References
External links
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Hospitals in Birmingham, West Midlands
NHS hospitals in England
Hospital buildings completed in 1968
Hospitals established in 1871
1871 establishments in England
Women's hospitals