The hospital was established in 1865 at Alfred Place as the Temporary Home for Young Girls Who Have Gone Astray.

[2] It moved to Southwell Street in 1871, before briefly relocating to St Michael's Hill in the 1940s.

[2] 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.

[5] The midwifery staff provide choices to pregnant women, when deciding how best their pregnancy, labour and post-labour care is delivered.

[7] Patients coming to St Michael's are offered support from the chaplaincy team.