Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Explained
| Royal Orthopaedic Hospital |
| Org/Group: | The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Location: | Northfield, Birmingham, England |
| Coordinates: | 52.421°N -1.961°W |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | Specialist |
| Speciality: | Orthopaedic surgery |
| Emergency: | No |
| Founded: | 1909 |
| Map Type: | West Midlands |
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) is a National Health Service specialist orthopaedic hospital situated in Northfield, Birmingham, England. The ROH specialises in bone and joint problems.[1]
History
The hospital's origins in a new convalescent home established by the Crippled Childrens Union at The Woodlands in Northfield in order to treat children with deformities in 1909.[2] The building, dating from 1840, had been donated to the Crippled Childrens Union by George Cadbury, who then moved into Northfield Manor House later in 1909.[3]
The Crippled Childrens Union merged with the Royal Orthopaedic and Spinal Hospital to form the Royal Cripples' Hospital at The Woodlands in 1925.[2] After the joining the National Health Service in 1948, the Royal Cripples' Hospital became the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.[4]
A new £8million 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.[5]
Notable staff
- Fanny Rebecca Smith (1884–1969), Matron for 23 years from 1925 until 1948.[6] [7] [8] Smith trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1908 and 1910, and remained as a staff nurse for two years.[9] [10] Before her appointment at Woodlands as matron, Smith was assistant Matron at the Royal Orthopaedic and Spinal Hospital from December 1913.[11]
Performance
The hospital 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.[12]
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".[13]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. 2009-10-03 . NHS.
- Web site: Royal Orthopaedic Hospital . 2009-10-03 . Rossbret Institutions Website . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090705084827/http://www.institutions.org.uk/hospitals/england/warks/royal_orthopaedic_hospital.htm . 5 July 2009 . dmy-all .
- Web site: Historic Northfield Manor House to be rebuilt after devastating arson attack. 9 October 2016. Birmingham Mail. 13 September 2018.
- Web site: Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Woodlands, Birmingham. National Archives. 13 September 2018.
- News: Outpatients unit opens at Royal Orthopaedic Birmingham . 2011-05-03 . BBC News.
- Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- 8 July 1933 . At Woodlands Fete . . 29 . 1471 . 659 . www.rcn.org.
- 26 February 1948 . Send off for the Matron . . 3 . www.findmypast.co.uk.
- Fanny Rebecca Smith, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/15, 9; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- Fanny Rebecca Smith, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/3, 66; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.23, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.23, May 1916, 33; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- News: HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015. 23 September 2015. Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015.
- News: Troubled specialist trust to lose paediatric surgery service. 17 July 2017. Health Service Journal. 17 July 2017.
