The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Oxford Road,

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, England. The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is managed by the

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History

A new hospital was required to replace services previously provided by the Pendlebury Children's Hospital at

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in the

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, Booth Hall Children's Hospital at

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in north-Manchester, and neonatal care from Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester. It was procured under a

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contract in 2004. The new hospital, which was designed by

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and built by Bovis Lend Lease at a cost of approximately £500 million, was completed in April 2009 and opened in June 2009. In 2013 the hospital carried out scans on Ta-Kr-Hb a mummified Egyptian woman dating from 7th or 8th century BC.

Services

The hospital has 371 beds and with 185,000 annual patient visits making it the largest and busiest children's hospital in the United Kingdom.

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External links

Pendlebury Children's Hospital drawingRoyal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity
{{authority control Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Hospital buildings completed in 2009 NHS hospitals in England Children's hospitals in the United Kingdom Hospitals in Manchester

History

Services

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