New Cross Hospital

New Cross Hospital
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Geography
Location	Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Affiliated university	University of Birmingham
History
Founded	1994
Links
Website	Homepage
Lists	Hospitals in England

New Cross Hospital (The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust) is a hospital in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the east of the city centre in Wednesfield.^[1]

New Cross Hospital, established in 1994, is a major acute Trust covering Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and Shropshire. The hospital provides 700 beds, (including 27 intensive care and 14 neonatal intensive care). Employing almost 5000 staff it is the largest teaching hospital in the Black Country.

In 2004 the £57m Heart and lung centre opened on the site, the United Kingdom's first purpose built specialist heart centre.^[2]

During 2007/08 New Cross Hospital treated over 180,000 patients across the West Midlands.

References

1. ^ Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
2. ^ news.bbc.co.uk

External links

• The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

Coordinates: 52°35′56″N 2°05′42″W / 52.5988°N 2.0949°W / 52.5988; -2.0949