St Michael's Hospital, Bristol

St Michael's Hospital is a maternity hospital in Bristol, England. Built in 1975, it provides maternity services for the south of 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
LocationSouthwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EG, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.4591°N 2.5994°W / 51.4591; -2.5994
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
History
Opened1975
Links
Websitewww.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/st-michaels-hospital/
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital was established in 1865 at Alfred Place as the Temporary Home for Young Girls Who Have Gone Astray.[1] It moved to Southwell Street in 1871, before briefly relocating to St Michael's Hill in the 1940s.[1] 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.[1][2] It returned to St Michael's Hill as the Bristol Maternity Hospital in 1975,[1] and became known as St. Michael's Hospital in the 1980s.[3]

Services

The midwifery staff provide choices to pregnant women, when deciding how best their pregnancy, labour and post-labour care is delivered. The hospital is home to the 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.[4] Other services such as ENT and Clinical Genetics are on the site.[5] Patients coming to St Michael's are offered support from the Chaplaincy team. There is a quiet room for use by all denominations.[6] Services are almost entirely 24 hours. There is no A&E department.[4]

The Cots for Tots Appeal

The Cots for Tots Appeal was set up in 2007 by Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal to support special care babies at the hospital. The appeal is raising £1 million to provide four intensive care cots and a new intensive care suite at the NICU along with a family accommodation suite.[7]

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See also

References
  1. "Bristol Maternity Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Bristol Maternity Hospital Opened by Mrs Churchill". Nursing Mirror and Midwives Journal. 92 (2376): vi–vii. 1950. PMID 14807130.
  3. "Controversies in Obstetric Anaesthesia" (PDF). Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. "St Michaels Hospital". University Hospitals Bristol. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  5. "Genetics Service". United Hospitals Bristol. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  6. "Sacred Spaces". University Hospitals Bristol. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  7. "Cots for Tots Appeal". Cots for Tots Appeal. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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