Alder Hey Children's Hospital
| Alder Hey Children's Hospital | |
| Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | West Derby, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°25′14″N 2°53′48″W / 53.42053°N 2.89677°WCoordinates: 53°25′14″N 2°53′48″W / 53.42053°N 2.89677°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Liverpool School of Medical Education |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 309 [1] |
| Speciality | Children's hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Links | |
| Website | alderhey.com |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Alder Hey Children Hospital is a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool. It is run by the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service in England. The hospital forms a key part of the medical education at the University of Liverpool's Medical School curriculum.[2]
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[edit] History
The hospital was founded in 1914 and is one of the largest children's hospitals in Europe. The hospital acquired the prefix 'Royal' in 1985 and became an NHS hospital trust in 1991. It currently employs about 2,400 staff and treats over 200,000 children each year.
During the 1990s it was featured in the BBC television series Children's Hospital.
[edit] Charity funding
A charity, 'imagine', raises funds to assist the hospital's work and to provide art work there.
In one instance, the sound recordist and musician Chris Watson was employed to devise an art project, using bird song recordings made by children to calm other young patients as they received injections and other treatments.[3][4]
[edit] Organ scandal
In 1999 an enquiry was instituted to investigate the hospital's practices in respect of removal and retention of human tissue. The enquiry had far-reaching effects throughout the UK hospital system (see Alder Hey organs scandal for more details).
[edit] Heston's Mission Impossible
In 2011, chef Heston Blumenthal took to the challenge of changing the dinner menu of Alder Hey Children's hospital on his televised show, Heston's Mission Impossible.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ NHS Choices
- ^ Alder Hey website
- ^ Moss, Stephen (24 August 2010). "Birdsong: the cure for all ills?". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/24/birdsong-calming-young-hospital-patients. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ "Imagine Appeal - Alder Hey Arts". http://www.imagineappeal.com/about/art.asp. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.channel4.com/4food/on-tv/hestons-mission-impossible-extras/about-hestons-mission-impossible
[edit] External links
- Hospital website
- Archival material relating to Alder Hey Children's Hospital listed at the UK National Register of Archives
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