{{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Royal Manchester Children's Hospital | org_group = [[Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust]] | image = Royal Manchester Children's Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 2999258.jpg | caption = Royal Manchester Children's Hospital | location = Oxford Road, Manchester | region = [[Greater Manchester]] | country = England | healthcare = NHS | funding = [[NHS foundation trust]] | type = Teaching, Specialist (Paediatric) | affiliation = [[School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester]] | emergency = Yes, Paediatric [[Major Trauma Centre]] | beds = 371 | founded = 2009 | website = {{URL|https://mft.nhs.uk/rmch/}} | pushpin_map = Greater Manchester | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Greater Manchester | coordinates = {{coord|53.4599645|-2.2271186|type:landmark|display=inline, title}} }}
The '''Royal Manchester Children's Hospital''' is a children's hospital in Oxford Road, [[Manchester]], England. The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is managed by the [[Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust]].
==History== A new hospital was required to replace services previously provided by the [[Pendlebury Children's Hospital]] at [[Pendlebury]] in the [[City of Salford]], [[Booth Hall Children's Hospital]] at [[Blackley]] in north-Manchester, and neonatal care from [[Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester]]. It was procured under a [[Private Finance Initiative]] contract in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=City's £500m hospital 'halfway' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7374906.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=30 April 2008 |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref> The new hospital, which was designed by [[Anshen & Allen]] and built by [[Bovis Lend Lease]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/new-hospitals-development/the-new-development/building-management|title=Building Management|publisher=Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref> at a cost of approximately £500 million,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Central Manchester Hospitals |url=http://www.anshen.com/index2.htm |work=[[Anshen & Allen]] |accessdate=11 March 2012 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215013312/http://www.anshen.com/index2.htm |archivedate=15 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> was completed in April 2009<ref>{{Cite news |title=New children's hospital completed |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8026692.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=30 April 2009 |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref> and opened in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8094000/8094632.stm|title=New children's hospital: a guide|date=11 June 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> In 2013 the hospital carried out scans on [[Ta-Kr-Hb]] a mummified Egyptian woman dating from 7th or 8th century BC.<ref name=McKnight>{{cite journal | last=McKnight | first=Lidija M | last2=Loynes | first2=Robert D | title=From Egyptian Desert to Scottish Highlands – the radiographic study of a Twenty-Fifth Dynasty coffin and mummy bundle from the Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland | journal=Papers on Anthropology | volume=23 | issue=1 | date=2014-07-01 | issn=1736-7646 | doi=10.12697/poa.2014.23.1.09 | page=108| doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Services== The hospital has 371 beds and with 185,000 annual patient visits making it the largest and busiest children's hospital in the United Kingdom.<ref name="telegraph">{{Cite news |title=Manchester City can prove they are the 'new Arsenal' when they meet at the Etihad Stadium |quote=RMCH is the largest children's hospital in the UK and treats 185,000 children each year. |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/8963349/Manchester-City-can-prove-they-are-the-new-Arsenal-when-they-meet-at-the-Etihad-Stadium.html |work=The Telegraph |date=17 December 2011 |accessdate=18 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Manchester children's hospital is largest in UK |url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/archive/new-manchester-childrens-hospital-is-largest-in-uk-16-06-2009/ |work=Nursing Times |date=16 June 2009 |accessdate=2018-11-06}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of hospitals in England]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://archiseek.com/2009/1872-childrens-hospital-pendlebury-lancashire/ Pendlebury Children's Hospital drawing] *[http://www.rmchcharity.org.uk/ Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity]
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