City Hospital A&E (also known as the Emergency Department) closed on 10 November. Patients should use Midland Metropolitan University Hospital A&E.
City Health Campus has three key facilities, covering a range of outpatient, day case surgery and diagnostic services.
What services are available
Birmingham Treatment Centre at City Health Campus offers outpatient and short stay surgery.
The chemotherapy unit and major imaging services are also based there, as well as key diagnostic functions for common services like respiratory illnesses.
The Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre (BMEC) remains, providing not just specialist care but regional expertise for complex conditions.
Three key facilities that remain at City Health Campus:
1. Birmingham Treatment Centre
The Birmingham Treatment Centre provides state-of-the-art facilities for different services including:
Outpatient services:
- General facilities for multi-speciality use
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)
- Breast services
- Gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Orthotics
Diagnostic services:
- Endoscopy Unit
- Imaging (Plain Film, Ultrasound, MRI, CT)
- Medical Illustration
- Blood testing (Phlebotomy)
- Cardiac Diagnostics
- Respiratory Physiology (main department)
- Chemotherapy
Day Treatment:
- Day Surgery Unit – five theatres and one minor operations facility
Other:
- Pharmacy
- Clinical and corporate admin
2. Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre (BMEC)
The Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre is the second largest facility of its kind in Europe. It is based at City Health Campus (formerly City Hospital site) and the facility receives referrals from hospitals and GPs across the region. A very comprehensive set of services treat many serious eye complaints including glaucoma, cataracts and diabetes-related conditions.
BMEC offers:
- Outpatients and Paediatric Outpatient
- Day Surgery unit (three theatres)
- Visual Function department
- Ophthalmology A&E
- Orthoptics
- Optometry
- Ophthalmology diagnostics
- Medical Illustration
- Pharmacy
- Clinical admin/records
- Behcets Service
- Wet Lab/Training facility
- Paediatric Day Surgery (no inpatients)
3. The Sheldon building
The Sheldon Building at City Health Campus will increasingly become our intermediate and rehabilitative unit for predominantly Birmingham residents and will continue to have wards for those patients.
Outpatient services
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Therapy Services (Rehab, Occupational Therapy, Neurology, Speech and Language Therapy, Musculoskeletal, Foothealth and Rheumatology)
- Community Medicine
Other services:
The Hearing Service Centre will remain at City Health Campus.