History Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

1 history

1.1 pendlebury children s hospital
1.2 booth hall children s hospital
1.3 royal manchester

history
pendlebury children s hospital

manchester children s hospital first hospital in united kingdom treat children when founded in 1829. started small dispensary treating sick children @ 25 king street in manchester city centre. 1855, had developed six-bed hospital. in 1873, hospital moved hospital road, pendlebury. in 1923, pendlebury children s hospital granted royal patronage. cared @ least 7,000 patients year. under nhs, hospital expanded 250 beds.

pendlebury children s hospital based in buildings dating victorian era. hospital canteen contained framed letter florence nightingale praising structure of hospital , asking contact details of architect. provided regional services in paediatric oncology, surgery, otolaryngology, orthopaedics, respiratory medicine, endocrinology, neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology , urology. hospital high dependency , regional intensive care unit , internationally recognised work metabolic , endocrine diseases.

booth hall children s hospital

old booth hall children s hospital site

booth hall children s hospital, in charlestown road, blackley, in north manchester, opened in 1908, humphrey booth, had bought land , commissioned building. cared poor, , 1914 wounded soldiers world war i. reverted children s hospital in 1926. booth hall infirmary children had 750 beds in 1929 , third largest children s hospital in uk. incorporated 102-bed convalescent home. had 160 tuberculosis beds @ home in north wales. infirmary equipped give sunlight treatment orthopaedic cases. hospital emptied @ start of world war ii , made ready expected air-raid casualties. incorporated nhs in 1948.

it provided paediatric specialist services, general paediatric services , had paediatric accident , emergency department, providing paediatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery , paediatric burns unit, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine , diabetology. had high dependency unit , transitional care unit long term, ventilated, patients.

royal manchester

planning new hospital began in 2004 , construction reached halfway in 2008. £500m hospital completed in april 2009 , opened on 11 june 2009. services moved new children s hospital in june 2009. new hospital largest, single-site, children s hospital in country. facility, designed anshen & allen cost approximately £500 million.