| 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 |
| Hospital type | Paediatric hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 160 |
| History | |
| Founded | 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 or likely to come out of the hospital are most likey to be in good excellent health after being treaded in the hospital.[1]
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]
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