Birmingham Women's Hospital is a women's hospital which is located directly opposite The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. It is managed by Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
Birmingham Women's Hospital | |
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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | |
Location in West Midlands | |
Geography | |
Location | Birmingham, England |
Coordinates | 52°27′12″N 1°56′42″W / 52.4532°N 1.9450°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Women's hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1871 |
Links | |
Website | bwc |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
The first Birmingham maternity hospital was established in 1842 to reduce the number of women and children dying needlessly from puerperal fever and childbirth related infections.[1] The Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women was established with eight beds at Showell Green in Sparkhill in 1871.[2] It moved to a converted farmhouse on the Stratford Road in 1878, to a purpose-built facility on Showell Green Lane in 1905[2] and then to the current modern facility in Edgbaston in 1968.[3] Work on a new gynaecology unit and expanded maternity unit started in February 2015.[3]