St Michael's Hospital is a hospital in Bristol, England. Built in 1975, it provides maternity services for Bristol. The hospital is managed by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
| St Michael's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Hospital from St Michael's Hill | |
  Shown in Bristol | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EG, Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°27′33″N 2°35′58″W / 51.4591°N 2.5994°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Services | |
| Beds | 114[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1975 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital was established in 1865 at Alfred Place as the Temporary Home for Young Girls Who Have Gone Astray.[2] It moved to Southwell Street in 1871, before briefly relocating to St Michael's Hill in the 1940s.[2] It joined the National Health Service as the Bristol Lying-In Hospital in 1948, but then moved to Queen Victoria House on Durdham Down where Clementine Churchill conducted an official opening in November 1950.[2][3] It returned to St Michael's Hill as the Bristol Maternity Hospital in 1975,[2] and became known as St. Michael's Hospital in the 1980s.[4]
Services
editThe hospital has a total of 114 beds.[5] The midwifery staff provide choices to pregnant women, when deciding how best their pregnancy, labour and post-labour care is delivered. The hospital has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which cares for sick and premature babies from across the South West region of England and South Wales. The hospital also provides gynaecology services.[6] Other services such as ENT and Clinical Genetics are on the site.[7] Patients coming to St Michael's are offered support from the chaplaincy team. There is a quiet room for use by all denominations.[8] Services are almost entirely 24 hours. There is no A&E department.[6]
The Cots for Tots appeal
editThe Cots for Tots appeal was set up in 2010 by Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital charity, to support St Michael's intensive care unit.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "University Hospitals Bristol and Weston - Foundation". foundation.severndeanery.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Bristol Maternity Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Bristol Maternity Hospital Opened by Mrs Churchill". Nursing Mirror and Midwives Journal. 92 (2376): vi–vii. 1950. PMID 14807130.
- ^ "Controversies in Obstetric Anaesthesia" (PDF). Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "University Hospitals Bristol and Weston - Foundation". foundation.severndeanery.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ a b "St Michaels Hospital". University Hospitals Bristol. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Genetics Service". United Hospitals Bristol. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Sacred Spaces". University Hospitals Bristol. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Cots for Tots | St Michael's Hospital NICU". The Grand Appeal. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
External links
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Media related to St Michael's Hospital, Bristol at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
