There are three critical care units across University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), located at Good Hope Hospital, Heartlands Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB).
Critical Care provides 24/7 treatment to adults, in a separate and self-contained area of the hospital. The units are dedicated to the management and monitoring of patients with life-threatening and critical conditions. The service offers specialist skills which include medical, nursing and other personnel experienced in the management of these patients.
UHB Critical Care Services is a specialist provider of a wide range of disciplines, which include:
- neurosurgery
- burns
- liver surgery
- cardiac surgery
- transplant
- organ donation
- maxillofacial
- ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- renal
- vascular
- urology
QEHB is also a Major Trauma Centre, and our trauma teams have strong working relationships with Critical Care Services.
The service has a strong working partnership with the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, with defence personnel integrated into each critical care unit, to treat both military and civilian patients.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Critical Care is located on Level 2 in the main hospital building.
The unit at QEHB is the largest single-site critical care unit in Europe, with 100 bed spaces. The Critical Care Service is divided into four areas – A, B, C and D.
Contact details
| Area A | 0121 371 6330 |
|---|---|
| Area B | 0121 371 2814 |
| Area C | 0121 371 2579 |
| Area D | 0121 371 2804 |
Heartlands Hospital
Critical care is currently provided on two locations on the Heartlands Hospital site.
The first location is the main Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) which is based on the first floor of the tower block. The second location is on High-dependency Unit (HDU) Ward 7, which is based on the second floor of the tower block.
| Main ITU | 0121 424 2419 |
|---|---|
| HDU Ward 7 | 0121 424 0207 |
Good Hope Hospital
Critical care is provided in a dedicated unit on the Good Hope Hospital site. It can be accessed through the Richard Salt Building entrance.
Last reviewed: 18 July 2022