Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Alder Hey Children Hospital is a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool. It is run by the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service in England. The hospital forms a key part of the medical education at the University of Liverpool's Medical School curriculum. The hospital was founded in 1914 and is one of the largest children's hospitals in Europe. The hospital acquired the prefix 'Royal' in 1985 and became an NHS hospital trust in 1991. It currently employs about 2,400 staff and treats over 200,000 children each year. During the 1990s it was featured in the BBC television series Children's Hospital. A charity, 'imagine', raises funds to assist the hospital's work and to provide art work...