Belfast City Hospital

Belfast City Hospital
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
The tower at Belfast City Hospital
Belfast City Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast City Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationLisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°35′15″N 5°56′27″W / 54.58750°N 5.94083°W / 54.58750; -5.94083
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeDistrict General
Affiliated universityQueen's University Belfast
Ulster University
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Beds900
History
Opened1841
Links
Websitebelfasttrust.hscni.net/hospitals/bch/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Belfast City Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a 900-bed modern university teaching hospital providing local acute services and key regional specialities. Its distinctive orange tower block dominates the Belfast skyline being the third tallest habitable storeyed building in Northern Ireland (after Windsor House and Obel Tower, both in Belfast). It has a focus on the development of regional cancer and renal services. It is managed by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and is the largest general hospital in the United Kingdom.[1][2] In April 2020, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the tower block was designated one of the UK's Nightingale Hospitals.

  1. ^ Craig, David (1973). "A history of the Belfast City Hospital" (PDF). The Ulster Medical Journal. 43 (1): 1–14. PMC 2385391. PMID 4595366. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ O'Sullivan, John (2003). Belfast City Hospital, A Photographic History. Cottage Publications. ISBN 978-1900935326.