Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
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| Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (Bristol Children's Hospital) | |
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| University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Paediatric hospital |
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| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 160 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2001 |
| Links | |
| Website | Hospital website |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children also known as the Bristol Children's Hospital, is a dedicated paediatric hospital in Bristol, in the south west of England. The Bristol Children's Hospital is part of the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHBristol) which includes seven hospitals within Bristol. The hospital is located next to the Bristol Royal Infirmary in Bristol city centre.
The new Children's Hospital opened on 22 April 2001. One of the main aims of the design, in addition to providing the most up-to-date facilities possible, was to overcome many of the difficulties that face patients, families and staff. The hospital has many wards to help these young children to get better there are many staff on the wards, the children that go and get treated there are more likely to come out of the hospital being in excellent health after being treated in the hospital.[1]
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal is the only charity that fundraises exclusively for Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St Michael’s Hospital, to provide facilities and comforts for patients and their families.[2]
The Grand Appeal raised £12 million towards the new building for the child-friendly Hospital, which opened in April 2001. Since then, the charity has funded a wide variety of programmes for patients valued at over £5 million including arts, entertainment, education, play and music programmes; state-of-the-art equipment; family accommodation facilities; comforts for patients; ward enhancement and new medical facilities in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.[3]
At the beginning of July 2013, The Grand Appeal launched a project named Gromit Unleashed, a public art exhibition led by Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations, in which 80 giant artist-decorated fibreglass sculptures of Gromit have been unleashed on the streets of Bristol and the surrounding area for ten weeks.[4] Sculptures were decorated by a range of artists and celebrities, including Joanna Lumley, Sir Peter Blake, Cath Kidston and Jools Holland.[5]
At the end of the art trail, the sculptures will be auctioned to raise funds for Bristol Children's Hospital.[6] The Grand Appeal has pledged to raise £3.5 million for state-of-the-art equipment for Bristol Children's Hospital, including an intraoperative MRI scanner, family facilities and child-friendly artwork to help save the lives of sick children at the hospital. All funds raised by Gromit Unleashed will contribute towards this.[7]
References
- ^ "Bristol Children's Hospital". Uhbristol.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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- ^ http://www.gromitunleashed.org.uk
- ^ Staff (1 July 2013). "Second giant Gromit sculpture vandalised in Bristol". BBC Bristol News. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.gromitunleashed.org.uk/auction
- ^ http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Gromit-Unleashed-need-know/story-19308311-detail/story.html
http://www.bristolchildrenshospital.co.uk
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