Sandwell General Hospital

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Sandwell General Hospital
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
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Sandwell General Hospital's main block, August 2016
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Shown in West Midlands
Geography
Location Sandwell, West Midlands, England
Coordinates 52°31′40″N1°59′20″W / 52.5277°N 1.9889°W / 52.5277; -1.9889
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type District General
Affiliated university
Services
Emergency department No
History
Opened1884 (1884)
Links
Website www.swbh.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Sandwell General Hospital is an acute teaching hospital of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in West Bromwich, England and provides an extensive range of general and specialist hospital services.

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History

The hospital's All Saints Way frontage, seen in 2009 Sandwell General Hospital and All Saints Way - geograph.org.uk - 1423041.jpg
The hospital's All Saints Way frontage, seen in 2009

The hospital started as an infirmary which was added to the West Bromwich union workhouse in 1884. Improvements were begun in 1925, when the infirmary then became a separate institution named Hallam Hospital. [1] After the creation of the NHS and rebuilding in the 1970s, the hospital was renamed Sandwell General Hospital. [2]

A new £18m Emergency Services Centre opened on the Sandwell General Hospital campus in April 2005. This facility replaced the old A&E department destroyed by the largest fire in National Health Service history. It incorporated a comprehensive A&E facility, Emergency Assessment Unit and Cardiac Care Unit. The model of care was developed with primary care to provide a fully integrated service. [3]

Emergency coronary care was transferred from the hospital to City Hospital, Birmingham in 2015. [4]

The accident and emergency department (A&E) at Sandwell Hospital closed on 6 October 2024, after being replaced by the A&E at the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick. The Sandwell A&E is to be converted into an urgent treatment centre. [5] [6]

Facilities

Sandwell General Hospital provides a comprehensive range of medical and nursing services including general medicine, surgery, urology, plastic surgery, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, rheumatology, interventional cardiology (including percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction since 2005) and paediatrics. [7]

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References

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  2. "Timeline History of West Bromwich". Visitor UK. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Emergency services centre opens in Sandwell". Planning Resource. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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  5. "Patients transferred as super hospital opens doors". BBC News . 6 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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