City Hospital (formerly Dudley Road Hospital, and still commonly referred to as such) is a major hospital located in Birmingham, England, operated by the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. It provides an extensive range of general and specialist hospital services. It is located in the Winson Green area of the west of the city.
| City Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | |
 Mosaic and main entrance block, August 2021 | |
  Shown in West Midlands | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Winson Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°29′17″N 1°55′53″W / 52.48806°N 1.93139°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | District General |
| Affiliated university | |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Opened | 1887 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
It is slated to be replaced by the delayed Midland Metropolitan University Hospital,[1] with the Treatment Centre and separate eye hospital, the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, remaining on the Dudley Road campus, the rest of which will be redeveloped for housing.[2]
History edit
The hospital was first built in 1889 as an extension to the Birmingham Union Workhouse (whose entrance building, though derelict, survived until September 2017).[3] It originally comprised a single corridor stretching for a quarter of a mile with nine Nightingale ward blocks radiating from it along its length. The original design was by an architect called W. H. Ward and was designed around a configuration recommended by Florence Nightingale.[4]
It was originally known as the Birmingham Union Infirmary, later Dudley Road Infirmary, before becoming Dudley Road Hospital. One of its notable surgeons, Hamilton Bailey, took the photos for the first edition of his famous textbook while at Dudley Road.[5]
The Birmingham Treatment Centre opened on the City Hospital site in November 2005. This diagnosis and treatment centre replaces the existing Outpatient Department.[6]
Notable staff edit
- Marion Caroline Thomas RRC[7] (1877- ), Matron from 1912 until 1925.[8][9][10][11] Thomas trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1900 and 1902.[8][12] After her training she was employed as a Holiday Sister and Matron's Ward Assistant, before becoming matron of the Rutson Hospital in 1910.[13] During the First World War she was also appointed Territorial Force Nursing Service Matron in charge of the military hospital based at the workhouse infirmary: 2/1 Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, between April 1915 and 1919.[14] Thomas was also Matron of the 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham and resigned because of ill health in 1925.[14][11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "At last! Building work on Midland Metropolitan Hospital can begin again". Birmingham Mail. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Midland Metropolitan University Hospital". Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Birmingham Union Workhouse and Infirmary". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ "Winson Green". William Dargue. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ McN., L. (1965). "Hamilton Bailey, (1894-1961)". British Journal of Surgery. 52 (4): 241–5. doi:10.1002/bjs.1800520403. PMID 14271082.
- ^ "Birmingham facility marks design step change". Health Estate Journal. February 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Honours for Nurses". The British Journal of Nursing: 379. 20 December 1919 – via www.rcn.org.
- ^ a b Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- ^ "Notes on News from the Nursing World: The New Matron of Birmingham Infirmary". The Nursing Mirror. 14 (366): n.p. 30 March 1912 – via www.rcn.org.
- ^ "The Hospital World". The Nursing Record . 53 (1372): 59–60. 18 July 1914 – via www.rcn.org.
- ^ a b "Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham". Nursing Times. 21 (1038): 266. 21 March 1925 – via www.rcn.org.
- ^ Marion Caroline Thomas, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/7, 197; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Marion Caroline Thomas, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 261; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ a b Marion Thomas, British Army Nurses’ Service Records 1914–1918; WO399/14968; The National Archives, Kew