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The coat of arms of William Vardon of Goldstone Hall (1783–1856), lord of the manor of Goldstone, from his memorial inside St. Swithun's Church, Cheswardine. The heraldry of the shield is Or, Fretty Gules, illustrating the connection with the de Verdun/Verdon family of Alton, Staffordshire; the crest of a stag's head should have antlers, but these broke off many years ago
The Birmingham Treatment Centre opened on the City Hospital site in November 2005. This diagnosis and treatment centre replaces the existing Outpatient Department. [7] The hospital's last inpatients were transferred to Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in 11 November 2024 the same day the hospital's accident and emergency unit was closed ...
Winson Green is a loosely defined inner-city area in the west of the city of Birmingham, England.It is part of the ward of Soho. [1]It is the location of HM Prison Birmingham [2] (known locally as Winson Green Prison or "the Green") and of City Hospital [3] (formerly Dudley Road Hospital) [4] as well as of the former All Saints' Hospital.
After joining the National Health Service as Little Bromwich Hospital in 1948, it became a general hospital in 1953. [3] It was renamed East Birmingham Hospital in 1963 and saw considerable expansion in the 1970s. [2] The world's last smallpox patient, Janet Parker, was treated at the hospital during the smallpox outbreak in 1978. [4]
NHS West Midlands (also known as West Midlands Strategic Health Authority) was created in July 2006, following the merger of Birmingham and The Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire, and West Midlands South SHAs. It covered an area of approximately 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2) with a population of approximately 5.4 million.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest National Health Service teaching Trusts in England and comprises Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, City Hospital, Birmingham, Rowley Regis Hospital and Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. The trust was established on 1 April 2002 following approval given by the ...
It was built in the Winson Green area, to the west of the city centre. The main entrance building, though derelict, survived until demolition in September 2017. Its arched entrance was known as "the arch of tears". [2] The remainder of the workhouse was demolished in the early 1990s. [1] In 1889 a hospital was built as an extension to the ...
The Birmingham and Midland Skin and Lock Hospital was established in 1880 to treat people with both skin diseases and venereal diseases. [1] By 1887-1888 a purpose built hospital designed by James and Lister Lea was built in John Bright Street to replace the small house in which the hospital had been established. [2]