Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital was founded in 1829 as a small dispensary based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England for the treatment of sick children. It was the first such hospital in Great Britain and by 1855 had developed to a six-bed hospital. In 1873 the hospital moved to Pendlebury, just off Manchester Road (the A6). In 1923 it was granted Royal Patronage.

Much of the current hospital is based around buildings dating from the Victorian era. The hospital provides regional services in oncology, orthopedics, nephrology, neurosciences, surgery and medicine. The hospital also provides regional intensive care and is internationally recognised for its work with metabolic diseases.

The hospital is due to transfer its specialist services to a new children's hospital, which is to be built on land next to Manchester Royal Infirmary in central Manchester in 2008/09.

The New Children's Hospital Appeal was launched in May 2006 to raise £20 million for parental accommodation; so parents can stay close to their child whilst they are in hospital and for specialist equipment in the new state of the art hospital. [1]

The hospital is being supported by the Five Stars Scanner Appeal in its £1m aim to purchase a replacement MRI scanner, due to be installed on the new site.

The hospital also has an education system for long-term patients and students who are educated either within the wards, school or their own homes. There is a small school which consists of three areas: the main school, the KS3 area and the new classrooms which has been recently built and has been named the Liz Stemmer Unit. The students who attend the school or are at home usually go to the school as it is their last chance of education or they need help before returning to mainsteam school. Usually if pupils join the school at the start of year 10, they normally remain at the school until they graduate after year 11. Apart from Wentworth High School, the RMCH School is the only other school taking part in the 'English Summative assignment exam' The main area contains a reception area, a staff room, two main offices and two main classrooms for the year 10 and year 11 pupils. The KS3 area is for years 7-9 and the new classrooms are for all to use. There are three classrooms within the new building: