Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust

It merged into Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust in 2017 The first Birmingham maternity hospital was established in 1842 to reduce the number of women and children dying needlessly from puerperal fever and childbirth related infections.

They provide a focused range of health care services, primarily, though not exclusively, to women and their families.

These are: Based in Edgbaston, adjacent to the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, there are around 150 adult beds and 43 neonatal cots.

On average 50,000 patients a year are cared for, with approximately 3,000 operations and delivery of more than 8,000 babies making it one of the busiest maternity departments in the UK.

As a specialist teaching healthcare trust, the focus is on delivering five distinct but inter-related clinical services.

Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/