Solihull Hospital

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Solihull Hospital
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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Solihull Hospital
Solihull Hospital
Geography
Location Solihull, West Midlands, England
Coordinates 52°25′06″N1°46′25″W / 52.4183°N 1.7737°W / 52.4183; -1.7737
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type District General
History
Opened1898
Links
Website www.uhb.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Solihull Hospital is an acute general hospital in Solihull, West Midlands, England. It is managed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Solihull Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed in 1898. [1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as Solihull Hospital in 1948. [2]

A new purpose-built hospital was built at a cost of £38 million in the early 1990s and the new facilities were officially opened in June 1994. [3] A new dermatology unit was opened in December 2015 [4] and a new haematology and oncology day unit was opened in May 2018. [5] [6]

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References

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  2. "Solihull Hospital, Solihull". National Archives. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Solihull Hospital". Hansard. 20 March 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. "Solihull Hospital New £3.5 million dermatology unit". Virtus Consult. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. "This is when the new chemo unit will open at Solihull Hospital". Coventry Telegraph. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. "New cancer centre opens at Solihull Hospital". Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. "Geoffrey Gerrard Gillam" in William Munk, ed., The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London: Continued to 1975 (The Royal College, 1982), pp. 196–198