Selly Oak Hospital - November 2014

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Angelus

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Decided to brush off the dust from my tripod and camera for this place as it has been on my radar for nearly 3 years. Me and a mate visited today. A lot of the buildings have now gone but there is plenty to see.

Been done a lot this week but we was suprised to see it so quiet. Bumped into Dweeb, Kat and I cant recall the other person (So sorry) but nice to meet you guys.

A bit of history
Taken from Wiki

The first buildings on the site of Selly Oak Hospital were those of the King’s Norton Union Workhouse. It was a place for the care of the poor and was one of many workhouses constructed throughout the country following the introduction of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. This act replaced the earlier system of poor relief, dating from 1601.

The hospital closed in 2012 upon completion of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Relocation of the first services from Selly Oak began during the summer of 2010 when its A&E department moved to the new Q.E.Hospital on 16 June and over the next 7 days Critical Care and other departments moved step-by-step the 1.5 miles to the new hospital. On average one inpatient was moved every 5 minutes between 7 am and early evening [1] On the morning of 23 May 2010 a 'Service of Thanks' was held at Selly Oak Hospital to celebrate a century of caring and this was followed by a fun fair at which staff and patients were invited to "Take a Trip Down Memory Lane", sign a memory wall [2] and contribute to an on-line memories website. The reorganisation was first planned in 1998 though it was not until October 2004 that planning approval was given by Birmingham City Council, with construction beginning during 2006.


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Thanks for looking.
 
Nice one Sir! What a minter!
Cracking photographs too, thanks for sharing! :)
 
Nice splore :) does kind of wind me up tho the amount of equipment you still find in these places :(
 
Could be cross-infection is one of the reasons why a lot of kit is abandoned and age of course.

Much of it is leased and doesn't even belong to the nhs, more of it is obsolete and has been replaced with more up to date equipment, some of it would cost more to move, install and recalibrate than replacing with new, etc etc.

There are many many things to get irate about regarding the NHS and the politics surrounding it but this is a relatively minor one.
 

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