Midland Metropolitan University Hospital opens on October 6th
This brand new hospital – Midland Met for short – is located in Smethwick and will serve people in West Birmingham and Sandwell.
What services does Midland Met provide?
Run by Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Midland Met will have all the Trust’s acute services, emergency care, diagnostics and inpatient wards. These services include:
- 2 Emergency Departments (1 adult and 1 children)
- Same Day Emergency Care Unit
- Critical Care Unit
- Children’s Department
- Emergency/elective surgery
- Acute medical Unit
- Surgical assessment unit
- Medical day case unit
- Imaging and diagnostics
- Maternity and Neonatal services
- Emergency Gynaecology assessment unit
- Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia department
- Cardiology services
- Physiology department
- Haematology, Orthopaedic, Stroke, Gastroenterology, Respiratory and Toxicology wards
The new hospital has 736 beds, half of which are in single occupancy en-suite rooms. The patient experience will also be improved by a building that has been designed for patients to move around more easily and has lots of natural light.
How will this affect my care?
From October 6th, if you would normally go to Sandwell Hospital for emergency care you will now go to the A&E at the Midland Met instead, as this will no longer be available at Sandwell.
An expanded hours Urgent Treatment Centre will be at Sandwell Hospital for serious but not life-threatening medical issues. Any care that requires you to stay in hospital for a night or more will now be done at Midland Met, with the new Sandwell Health Campus on the Sandwell General Hospital site now offering outpatient appointments and day treatments, including short stay operations.
From November 10th, if you would normally go to City Hospital for emergency care, you will go to the A&E at the Midland Met instead as this will no longer be available at City.
Any care that requires you to stay in hospital for a night or more will also be done at Midland Met. Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre will remain open at the City Hospital site as part of the new City Health Campus, as will the Birmingham Treatment Centre for outpatient appointments and day treatments, including short stay operations.
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