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 Children's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Booth Hall Children's Hospital | |
  Shown in Greater Manchester | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Blackley, Greater Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°31′25″N 2°12′23″W / 53.5236°N 2.2064°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Teaching, Specialist (Paediatric) |
| Affiliated university | School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester |
| History | |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editBooth 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][4]
A renal dialysis unit was opened by Princess Michael of Kent in 1980.[3] After services transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Booth Hall Children's Hospital closed on 12 June 2009.[5]
Services
editIt 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.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Booth Hall Infirmary". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Brockbank, E. M., ed. (1929). The Book of Manchester and Salford Written for the 97th Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association. Manchester: George Falkner. pp. 139–40.
- ^ a b History of Booth Hall Hospital (PDF), NHS, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2013, retrieved 23 May 2014
- ^ "Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester". National Archives. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Booth Hall RIP". Manchester Evening News. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Medical Group Visit June 2007" (PDF). Chernobyl Children. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.