| Booth Hall Children's Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Location: | Blackley |
| Region: | Greater Manchester |
| Country: | England |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | Teaching, Specialist (Paediatric) |
| Affiliation: | School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester |
| Founded: | 1908 |
| Map Type: | Greater Manchester |
| Coordinates: | 53.5236°N -2.2064°W |
Booth Hall Children's Hospital was a children's hospital at Blackley in Manchester. It was managed by Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Booth Hall was built during the early 17th century by Humphrey Booth, a Salford man noted for his philanthropy. The original hall building was demolished in 1907 and the site was acquired by Prestwich Poor Law Union for the construction of a new general-purpose infirmary in 1908.[1] It cared for the poor, and from 1914 for wounded soldiers from the First World War. It reverted to being a children's hospital in 1926. It had 750 beds in 1929 and was the third largest children's hospital in the UK. It incorporated a 102-bed convalescent home. It had 160 tuberculosis beds at a home in North Wales. The infirmary was equipped to give sunlight treatment to orthopaedic cases.[2] The hospital was emptied at the start of the Second World War and made ready for expected air-raid casualties. It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3]
A renal dialysis unit was opened by Princess Michael of Kent in 1980. After services transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Booth Hall Children's Hospital closed on 12 June 2009.[4]
It provided paediatric specialist services, general paediatric services and had a paediatric accident and emergency department, providing paediatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery and a paediatric burns unit, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine and diabetology. It had a high dependency unit and a transitional care unit for long term, usually ventilated, patients.[5]