Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Coordinates: 52°25′16″N 1°57′40″W / 52.421°N 1.961°W / 52.421; -1.961

This page is about the hospital in Birmingham, England. For the hospital in London; see Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

From Bristol Road South, photo 2006
Geography
Location Bristol Road South,
Northfield,
Birmingham,
England,
United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system NHS
Hospital type Specialist
Services
Emergency department No
Speciality Orthopedic surgery
History
Founded 1909
Links
Website www.roh.nhs.uk

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is a National Health Service hospital situated in Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It specialises in bone and joint problems.[1]

History

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital was formed from the union of two hospitals, and opened in 1909 at The Woodlands, Northfield. The building, dating from 1840, was donated to the Birmingham Cripples Union by George Cadbury,[2] who then moved into Northfield Manor House.

A new 8-million-pound out-patient department was opened in May 2011. Its 24 consultation rooms, treatment rooms and other facilities replaced the temporary out-patients buildings that had been used since 1992.[3]

Performance

The trust expects a deficit for 2014-15 of £200,000 and in 2015/6 a £2m deficit target relies on delivering “challenging” savings of £2.8m.[4]

It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 831 full time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.56%. 84% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 67% recommended it as a place to work.[5]

The hospital has a very good pharmacy and the pharmacists are very efficient, especially the pharmacist on ward 12.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Orthopaedic Hospital". NHS. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Royal Orthopaedic Hospital". Rossbret Institutions Website. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Outpatients unit opens at Royal Orthopaedic Birmingham". BBC News. 2011-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Specialist West Midlands trust plans for 'unprecedented' deficit". Health Service Journal. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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