Facts and figures

  • Child using hospital play equipment Opened in 1892 the Birmingham Children’s Hospital site is more than 120 years old!

  • More than 5,000 staff across two main sites

  • £763m - cost to bring Birmingham Children’s to a basic operational standard

  • £205m - cost of increasing clinical accommodation space at Birmingham Children’s to meet Department of Health and Social Care guidance on appropriate room sizes

  • The Women’s Hospital needs £36.5m to bring it up to operationally sound and acceptable level

  • Half a million episodes of patient care a year.

  • 8,500 babies born a year

  • We treat 14k women a year

  • 45k children admitted and cared for each year

  • 60k Emergency Department and Major Trauma attendances

  • Birmingham Women’s Hospital was built in 1968 and is over 50 years old.