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, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...
, 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, Birmingham, Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook.
Historic counties of England, Historically part of Worcestershire, Sparkhill once existed as a Yardley ...
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 a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It lies immediately south-west of Birmingham city centre, and was historically in Warwickshire. The Ward (electoral subdivision), wards of Edgbaston and Nort ...
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
East of England
London North central
East
North west
South east
South west
North East County Durham
Northumberland
No ...
* Healthcare in West Midlands
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 in England