Birmingham Women's Hospital
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The Birmingham Women's Hospital (Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust) is an NHS
hospital
in the Edgbaston
area of Birmingham
, situated very close to the University of Birmingham
. The Trust is a Centre of Excellence
for specialist health care to women and their families in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
The trust has not had a case of MRSA
Bacteraemia or c-difficle
for more than five years which makes it one of the best performing trusts in the UK.
Established in 1994, it is one of only two trusts in the UK specialising in women's health care. They provide a focused range of health care services, primarily, though not exclusively to women and their families.
These are:
The trust has strong links to all the regional universities, playing a leading role in medical education, training, research and development.
Based in Edgbaston, adjacent to the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
, there are around 150 adult beds and 43 neonatal cots and an annual income of £70 million. On average 50,000 patients a year are cared for, with approximately 3000 operations and delivery of around 7,000 babies. Alongside Core Services, the trust hosts host two region-wide partnerships: the Cancer Intelligence Unit and the West Midlands Public Health Observatory. They also host the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre.
As a specialist teaching healthcare trust, the focus is on delivering five distinct but inter-related clinical services. Brought together, these services combine to offer secondary local services to women, men and babies living in South Birmingham
and tertiary services throughout the West Midlands and beyond.
On February 1, 2008, the trust was officially granted NHS Foundation Trust Status
.
National Health Service (England)
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hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in the Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton....
area of 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...
, situated very close to the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
. The Trust is a Centre of Excellence
Centre of Excellence
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for specialist health care to women and their families in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
The trust has not had a case of MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It is also called multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
Bacteraemia or c-difficle
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile , also known as "CDF/cdf", or "C...
for more than five years which makes it one of the best performing trusts in the UK.
Established in 1994, it is one of only two trusts in the UK specialising in women's health care. They provide a focused range of health care services, primarily, though not exclusively to women and their families.
These are:
- Maternity and foetal medicine services
- Neonatal care
- Fertility services, see separate entry for the Birmingham Women's Fertility Centre
- Gynaecology
- Regional clinical and laboratory genetics
- Imaging and pathology services.
The trust has strong links to all the regional universities, playing a leading role in medical education, training, research and development.
Based in Edgbaston, adjacent to the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust provides adult district general hospital services for South Birmingham as well as specialist treatments for the West Midlands.The trust comprises three hospitals on two sites, which are 1.5 miles apart...
, there are around 150 adult beds and 43 neonatal cots and an annual income of £70 million. On average 50,000 patients a year are cared for, with approximately 3000 operations and delivery of around 7,000 babies. Alongside Core Services, the trust hosts host two region-wide partnerships: the Cancer Intelligence Unit and the West Midlands Public Health Observatory. They also host the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre.
As a specialist teaching healthcare trust, the focus is on delivering five distinct but inter-related clinical services. Brought together, these services combine to offer secondary local services to women, men and babies living in South 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...
and tertiary services throughout the West Midlands and beyond.
On February 1, 2008, the trust was officially granted NHS Foundation Trust Status
NHS Foundation Trust
An NHS foundation trust is part of the National Health Service in England and has gained a degree of independence from the Department of Health and local NHS strategic health authority.Foundation Trusts are represented by the , .-Function:...
.