University of Birmingham – The College of Medical and Dental Sciences at the University of Birmingham is a major international centre for research and education in medicine, medical sciences, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy.
Dentistry at Birmingham UK is the first choice for scientists, professionals, and leading students everywhere who want to be involved in world class research, or to get an internationally acclaimed degree in the dental and biomaterials professions.
Today, the School of Dentistry is a thriving institution having over 100 dental, therapy, and biomaterial students per year. There are a large number of postgraduate research students together with support staff present in the school. The school continues to grow and is well placed to meet the demands and challenges of the coming years.
Birmingham and Solihull LIFT Ltd (BaS LIFT) was established in 2004, following the government’s plan to make ‘joined-up’ public services a reality via the national Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme. It is jointly owned by Community Health Partnerships (Department of Health), and Prime LIFT Investments Ltd (which is a joint venture between Prime plc and HICL Infrastructure Company Limited). BaS LIFT working together with its partners, seeks to develop the infrastructure for a new generation of health and social care services for the local community. BaS LIFT has already worked on many new health centres in the West Midlands as part of a long term programme of regeneration and reinvestment in community based healthcare. For more information visit www.baslift.co.uk
One Creative Environments Ltd – is an integrated building design business with a dynamic multi-disciplinary team comprising architecture, landscape architecture, masterplanning, structural and civil engineering, building services, interior design and BREEAM assessment. Specialising in healthcare facilities, the company has a collaborative 360° approach meaning they work in partnership with clients, developers, investors, contractors, manufacturers, advisors, building users and communities to create designs that not only safeguard a smooth construction process but which result in buildings that are easy and cost effective to operate once complete. For more information, visit www.oneltd.com
Galliford Try – Galliford Try plc is a leading UK housebuilding and construction group with a turnover of £2.3bn. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250. The housebuilding business – through its Linden Homes brand – sells distinctive homes to the public and affordable homes to housing associations and local authority providers across the South and South East of England. The construction business carries out building and infrastructure work across the UK with clients ranging from major Government departments through to regulated utilities and private sector companies
Calthorpe Estates – is one of the UK’s most forward-thinking and progressive property investment and development companies. The Calthorpe Estates team is responsible for delivering a multi-million pound regeneration portfolio, including retail and leisure, office and medical developments. The Estate covers 610 hectares in Edgbaston, less than a mile from Birmingham City Centre. The Sunday Times in March 2013, chose Edgbaston as one of the Top 10 Best areas to live.
Community Health Partnerships – is owned by the Department of Health and is the national lead for the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme. CHP has a 40% shareholding in Birmingham and Solihull LIFT Company; BaS LIFT. The LIFT programme continues to provide modern, purpose-built, clean and safe facilities for over 500 GP Practices, Pharmacies and a wide range of community and social care providers across England.
Key facts
· Birmingham Dental Hospital is a high quality facility for delivery of specialist NHS dental treatment, and houses the University of Birmingham’s School of Dentistry – a successful partnership between dental healthcare and education dating back to 1880.
· Approximately 430 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust staff, 130 University of Birmingham staff and 600 students will be based at the new hospital and school.
· This is the first integrated dental hospital and school built in the UK for almost 40 years.
· The total project cost of the new building is £50 million.
· With 154 dental chairs, the new hospital is equipped to treat over 120,000 patients a year – considerably more than the 645 recorded treatments established in 1858, the year in which Birmingham Dental Dispensary was founded.
· The hospital and school sits within the 610-hectare Calthorpe Estate and forms the latest development in the growing Edgbaston Medical Quarter.
· The site of the new hospital was home to the BBC’s Pebble Mill Studios between 1971 and 2004 and remained unused until construction work began in September 2013.
· The University of Birmingham was the first University in the UK to grant dental degrees.
· The existing Birmingham Dental Hospital was officially opened by Minister of Health The RT. Hon. Kenneth Robinson MP in April 1965.
· Pebble Mill is the seventh home to the dental hospital in Birmingham, which is the oldest in the country.