University Hospital Birmingham opening
The University Hospital Birmingham is set to open on 16 June. The first phase of the move to the £545 million state of the art new super hospital will take seven days and see all of Selly Oak hospital’s inpatient beds and many services, including critical care, operating theatres and burns unit, transferred over to the new hospital.
Tying in with the opening is a dedicated marketing and pr campaign to raise awareness of the move, with posters currently displayed in key areas in Birmingham informing the public of the new A&E site.
After the initial move in June, a second phase takes place in November when all inpatient beds from the QE and therapies switch to new hospital, followed by the cardiology department in January next year. All cancer patient services, bone marrow transplants and endoscopy transfer from the QE in April next year.
July 2011 sees Selly Oak’s outpatients department, fractures clinic, dermatology and rheumatology areas moved along with the QE’s pathology labs and outpatients. The final transfer will be in October next year when Selly Oak’s eye care and diabetes outpatients clinics move, as well as the QE’s neuroscience wards and theatres.
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