Midland Metropolitan University Hospital

College Tutor:

Admin contact: swbh.anaesthetic-admin-team@nhs.net

Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) opened in October 2024. It is in the Smethwick region of Birmingham and is the main acute site for Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. The trust also receives trainees from the Stoke School of Anaesthesia and trainees can go to all sites depending on the modules required.

The City Health Campus is located two miles west of Birmingham City Centre. It includes the Birmingham Treatment Centre and the Birmingham Midland Eye Centre. The Sandwell Treatment Centre is in West Bromwich.

The trust includes dedicated short stay units in the Birmingham Treatment Centre and the Sandwell Treatment Centre. Tertiary level ophthalmology is provided at the Birmingham and Midlands Eye Centre. Other specialties include Gynae-oncology, general, colorectal, trauma, orthopaedics, regional anaesthesia, ENT, breast, plastics, dental, and urology.

The obstetric unit has over 6000 deliveries per year, with a high risk population, and is recognised for Stage 3 and SIA training. There is also a peri-operative anaesthetic service looking after high risk patients before and after surgery. The Pain management department encompasses an acute pain service, as well as outpatient multi-disciplinary clinics, a pain management programme, and procedure lists. There is a 30 bedded critical care unit at MMUH and it is recognised for training and support for the medical and surgical services.

The anaesthetic department is actively involved in teaching and training and there are a network of educational supervisors to support this. There is regular teaching for many stages of training, as well as intensive FRCA exam preparation support, multidisciplinary simulation sessions within our clinical teaching unit, and regular departmental meetings for audit/quality improvement activities. Research and audit activities are encouraged, and there are purpose built postgraduate/education facilities at MMUH and Sandwell to support this.

Facilities

There is a Costa at Birmingham Treatment Centre and Sandwell Treatment Centre. There is a restaurant and a few shops at MMUH including Greggs and M&S.