Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
The main entrance to the new hospital on East Prescot Road
Location in Merseyside
Geography
Location	Liverpool, England
Coordinates	53°25′14″N 2°53′48″W / 53.42053°N 2.89677°W / 53.42053; -2.89677
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	University of Liverpool Liverpool John Moores University
Services
Emergency department	Yes – Major Trauma Centre
Beds	309[1]
Speciality	Children's hospital
History
Opened	1914; 110 years ago (1914)
Links
Website	www.alderhey.nhs.uk, www.alderheycharity.org

Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a children's hospital and NHS foundation trust in West Derby, Liverpool, England. It is one of the largest children's hospitals in the United Kingdom, and one of several specialist hospitals within the Liverpool City Region, alongside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the Walton Centre, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.