Birmingham Accident Hospital
Birmingham Accident Hospital, formerly known as Birmingham Accident Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, was established in April 1941 as Birmingham's response to two reports, the British Medical Association's Committee on Fractures (1935) and the Interdepartmental Committee (1939) on the Rehabilitation of Persons injured by Accidents. Both organisations recommended specialist treatment and rehabilitation facilities. The hospital, generally recognized as the world's first trauma centre, used the existing buildings of Queen's Hospital, a former Teaching Hospital in Bath Row, Birmingham, England, in the United Kingdom. It changed its name to Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1974 and closed in 1993. A listed building it is now part of Queens Hospital Close, a student accommodation complex. A blue plaque commemorates its former role.
Q2980337
trauma centre
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Q1813474
Teaching Hospital
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Q2256
Birmingham
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Q885849
blue plaque
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Q4916588
Birmingham Accident Hospital
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Q4916588
Birmingham Accident Hospital
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Q4916588
Birmingham Accident Hospital
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1941-04-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
April 1941
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1974-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1974
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1993-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1993
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+1935^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1935
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+1939^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1939
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inception
date of official closure
inception