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Hospital

Hollymoor Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Hollymoor Annexe (by 1930 - 1948)
Address
Tessal Lane, Birmingham, B31 5EX
Foundation Year
1930 (approximately)
Status
Closed (since 1995)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Birmingham (Mental B)
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
Solihull
District Authority (Post-1982)
Solihull
Pre-1974 County
Warwickshire
Post-1974 County
West Midlands
Post-1996 County
Not applicable

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Private, Other
Pre-1948 information
PRIV: £2 2s per week in 1929.
LA: c.1930 - 1948 Birmingham County Borough Council.
OTHER: WWII Emergency Medical Services.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Mental
Pre-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness.
Post-1948
Mental
Post-1948 information
MNT: Mental illness, plus drug and alcohol unit and geriatric assessment by the 1990s.

Other information

The 1930 Hospital Year Book states that Rubery Hill Hospital and the Hollymoor Annexe did research work and offered 'specialised treatment'. Hollymoor was used as an emergency hospital in World War II, whether or not as a mental hospital isn't stated in the year books. There is a reference in the Hospital Records Register at the CMAC at the Wellcome Institute to a military psychiatric hospital in Northfield and the activities of a Dr Tom Harrison, which may relate to the Rubery Hill/Hollymoor Hospitals in Northfield. There is also a reference to the 'Northfield experiments'. By 1949 the Hollymoor Hospital was recognisably distinct from Rubery Hill Hospital. It held 590 patients, falling slowly to 490 by 1984, and then dropping rapidly to 139 by 1994. The hospital closed in 1995, with Solihull Healthcare NHS Trust leasing accommodation from Solihull Hospital for its acute mental health services day hospital instead.

Record locations

  • Birmingham: Archives and Heritage Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1899 - 1899
    General
    1899 - 1899

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    AR: BG: MS 1809.
    Includes records relating to use as a WWII Emergency Medical Service hospital, and to the 'Northfield experiments'.