Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

at Bristol Rd South, Birmingham , B31 2AP United Kingdom

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The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is a National Health Service hospital situated in Northfield, Birmingham, England. It specialises in bone and joint problems.HistoryThe 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, 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.PerformanceThe 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.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.It decided to stop providing paediatric surgery after the West Midlands Quality Review Service report concluded, ”that paediatric inpatient surgery would be better delivered in a hospital setting with access to extensive centralised care facilities at all times”.

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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is Birmingham based place and this enity listed in Hospital category. Located at Bristol Rd South B31 2AP. Contact phone number of Royal Orthopaedic Hospital: 0121 685 4000