Heartlands Hospital
| Heartlands Hospital | |
|---|---|
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Heartlands Hospital and the Heartlands Treatment Centre | |
  Location within West Midlands | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bordesley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Coordinates | 52°28′44″N 1°49′46″W / 52.4788°N 1.8295°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | District General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 1895 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Heartlands Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, England. It is managed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
History
[edit]The hospital has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital known as City Hospital, Little Bromwich which was completed in June 1895.[1][2] Intended for activation only at times of medical emergency, it was tasked with responding to a typhoid fever outbreak in 1901.[2] Three additional pavilions and a nurses' home were added in 1904.[2] It treated patients with scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria and tuberculosis during the First World War.[2]
After joining the National Health Service as Little Bromwich Hospital in 1948, it became a general hospital in 1953.[2] It was renamed East Birmingham Hospital in 1963 and saw considerable expansion in the 1970s.[1] The world's last smallpox patient, Janet Parker, was treated at the hospital during the smallpox outbreak in 1978.[3] It became Heartlands Hospital in 1993.[4]
Development
[edit]The hospital's outpatient facilities were greatly expanded through the opening of the Heartlands Treatment Centre, an 18,000 sq metre four-storey building containing 120 consultation rooms, 26 specialist audiology and ear nose and throat rooms, ultrasound and X-ray rooms, and CT scan and MRI scanning facilities.[5] The facility was handed over to the NHS trust in November 2022, and opened to patients in January 2023.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ward Block 10, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, West Midlands: Historic Building Record". Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Little Bromwich Hospital". British Empire. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "City hospitals have a long and proud history". Birmingham Mail. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "The East Birmingham Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1993". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Kier appointed to deliver £97.1m Heartlands Hospital project". Building Better Healthcare. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "New Heartlands Treatment Centre opens its doors to patients". University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
