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Health Care

Health care in Birmingham is due to change radically. Revolutionary concepts such as ambulatory care, and a convenient fast-track hospital treatment centre are now a reality, and hospitals in Birmingham are set to be at the forefront of these developments.

  • Birmingham's hospitals have a reputation for excellence and quality care. A recent Government review rated University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs both Selly Oak and The Queen Elizabeth hospitals, the best performing Trust in the Midlands and one of the top 20 in the country.
  • Heart of England Foundation Trust provides patient care from four sites- Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, and Birmingham Chest Clinic. It is one of the largest acute hospital Trusts in England, serving a community of more than one million people. With 10,000 members of staff, it was one of only 19 Trusts in the UK to receive a rating of both 'excellent' for both quality of services and use of resources by the Healthcare Commission in 2007.
  • Construction works are currently underway to build a new £545 million new super hospital on the Queen Elizabeth site.  This will replace the Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals. The new hospital is set to include 1213 beds and will house the largest critical care unit in Europe.  Over 40% of all in-patient beds will be in single rooms and all in-patient bedrooms will have ensuite bathrooms.

Additional facilities will include:

  • New premises for the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (currently located in Selly Oak hospital) within the acute hospital, in partnership with the Ministry of Defence, providing specialist care for the armed forces.
  • A new Clinical Science Centre within the acute hospital, in partnership with the University of Birmingham.

By the time the hospital is fully completed in 2011, Birmingham will have an internationally recognised centre of excellence providing modern and dependable acute adult healthcare and integrated mental health services. It will be a focus for world class education, training and research.

  • The £30 million Ambulatory Care Centre at Birmingham City Hospital is now a flagship "walk in" hospital offering fast-track treatment and diagnosis without patients having to stay overnight in hospital. The hospital includes outpatient clinics, dedicated cancer centre, six operating theatres; and a kidney dialysis unit and was completed at the end of 2005.

  • Good Hope Hospital Ambulatory Care Centre is also a fast track treatment centre providing diagnosis and non-emergency surgery. It enables the provision of faster and smoother access for patients awaiting routine surgery, together with extended opening hours. Completed in 2005.

    Private Health Care in Birmingham

    There are five private hospitals in Birmingham, offering a full range of specialist treatment, with facilities that are second to none - 13 operating theatres and over 250 beds.

  • The Priory Hospital, Edgbaston (part of BMI Healthcare), 110 beds
    The Priory Hospital has six theatres, nine bed day care unit and a six bed intensive care unit. These facilities are combined with the latest in technology and on-site support services, where consultants to undertake a wide range of procedures from routine investigations to complex surgery across the majority of medical and surgical specialities.

  • Nuffield Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston (53 beds)
    Nuffield Hospital Birmingham is the longest established private hospital situated in the suburbs of Edgbaston, three miles from Birmingham City Centre.

    Our hospital has been carefully designed so that we can offer a wide range of medical and surgical services, and we have en-suite rooms of the highest standard of privacy and comfort.

    The hospital's out-patient department consulting rooms have full diagnostic facilities, such as CT scanning, Ultrasound, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and an on-site pathology laboratory.

    Contact Customer Service on 0121 452 2815 for further advice about hospital facilities.

  • The Woodbourne Priory Hospital (43 beds)
    Opened in 1985, the hospital has developed an excellent reputation for the management of acute psychiatric illness with particular emphasis on specialist areas of mental health treatment including eating disorders, addictive behaviour and Perinatal psychiatry.

    In recognition of the changing needs of patients and purchasers, the hospital has also established a comprehensive day therapy and community service in order to be able to provide a full continuum of care.

  • Ashfurlong Medical Centre, Sutton Coldfield
    Run by Birningham East and North PCT

  • Spire Little Aston, Little Aston (69 beds)
    Spire Little Aston, run by Spire Healthcare has four operating theatres and offers a comprehensive range of medical services, with most surgical specialties being catered for. The hospital is accredited by BUPA as a breast care centre of excellence. There are also three clinics available at the hospital: breast clinic; diet clinic and sports injury clinic.

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