Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust At a glance...
Who are we? • We are part of the NHS (National Health Service), which has provided free healthcare in the UK for 70 years! • In 2017, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital became one institution: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust . • Ours is the first Trust of its kind in the UK to bring together women's and children's care like this. • We have - 2 hospitals with 31 wards and 480 beds in total - 1 mental health service for 0-25s (Forward Thinking Birmingham)
Who are we? • We are not just an NHS Trust, but a Foundation Trust . That means we have more independence to make our own decisions about what kind of care we provide and how we spend our money in order to provide it. • Our income in 2017/18 was £429 million • That year, it cost £411 million to run the Trust ! • Anyone who lives in England and is over 10 years old can become a member of our Trust and have a say in how it's run.
Who works here? • Our Chief Executive Officer is Sarah-Jane Marsh • Our Trust employs over 6,000 staff , all working together to provide the best possible care to thousands of patients each year. • Some of the best surgeons, doctors, nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals in the UK, and even in the world work here! • Around 15% of our workforce are non- healthcare staff: cleaners, IT professionals, cooks, librarians, and many others.
Who works here? • Around 83% of the people who work for us are female. • We have close to 1,000 volunteers who help to make our Trust a better place: - Adults and young people - In-hospital, at home and elsewhere Over 200 Junior - Long-term and project-based (like you!) Volunteers aged 10-16 took on projects for us between July 2018 and April 2019
Who do we help? • Our patients come from Birmingham, around the UK and even from other countries ! • During 2017/18, we had - 355,917 times when people came to 'outpatient' appointments (attended and went home) - 48,069 times when people were admitted as 'inpatients' (were kept in hospital) 59,564 visits to our Emergency Department -
Who do we help? • We're the busiest single-site Maternity Unit in the UK ! - In 2017/18, we had 8,381 births - We have 17 delivery room beds and 5 Birth Centre beds - We also have 41 neonatal cots and look after 9,500 neonatal babie s every year • We have 74 parent rooms available so that parents can stay close to their children when they come to hospital • We have the largest single Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in the UK with 31 beds
We did it first... World firsts: • We fit a pacemaker into a three-day old baby. • We separated twins conjoined at the spine. UK firsts: Adele Chapman • We successfully treated two patients with over 90% burns. • We did a triple transplant (liver, pancreas and small bowel) for Adele. European firsts: • We rebuilt a missing section of Rosie's spine with metal rods. NHS firsts: Rosie Davies • We created a Friends and Family Feedback App . • We launched a mental health service for 0-25s. • We launched a 10-16s volunteering programme!
Welcome to the team • By volunteering for us, you have become part of our team ! • Every one of our Junior Volunteers plays a role in helping us to achieve the high standards of care for women, children and families that we're known for. • Thank you for your help today!
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