The QE is a major centre for the treatment of cancer and the transplantation of hearts, lungs and livers; it contains a specialist renal transplant centre, burns and trauma units, and is the main teaching hospital for the University of Birmingham Medical School.

The Super Hospital opened in June 2010 in order to replace Selly Oak Hospital and the old QE Hospital. It contains 1213 patient beds, 30 operating theatres and 100 critical care beds; there are 3,800 parking spaces.

The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine was transferred from Selly Oak to the Super Hospital in October 2010; wards previously housed in the old QE Hospital were transferred in November 2010 (News Archive 16/11/10).

In November 2010, the Dr Foster Hospital Guide reported that University Hospitals NHS Trust had experienced significantly high hospital-standardised and death-after-surgery mortality rates during the previous year (News Archive 28/11/10).

In February 2011, a ward closed at the Super Hospital after it had become infected with the winter-vomiting norovirus (News Archive 11/02/11)

The centre, which opened in 2001, provides specialist & secondary care to members of the armed forces and medical support for military operations. It was originally based at Selly Oak Hospital but moved to the new QE Super Hospital in November 2010.

The centre is managed by the University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Although military staff are employed, injured servicemen may sometimes be treated in civilian surroundings.

The hospital was established in 1817 and received a royal warrant from Queen Victoria in 1888. The core building, a Victorian manor called Woodlands, was donated by George Cadbury in 1909.

The Royal Orthopaedic specialises in elective orthopaedic surgery and provides three tiers of service: routine orthopaedic operations for Birmingham & Worcestershire, spinal surgery & other specialist services for the West Midlands; and bone tumour surgery for the Midlands & North.

The Lord Mayor opened a new teenage cancer unit at this hospital on 28th January 2011 (News Archive 31/01/11).

Selly Oak Hospital will close in November 2011 and a planning application has been prepared for its redevelopment as a housing estate with 900 homes, several retail units and a health centre (News Headlines 10/07/11).

The clinic, which is run by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, contains 25 single en-suite bedrooms, a games room, computer/technology room, independent-living flat and lounge/dining areas.

The Woodbourne Priory treats a range of conditions including stress & anxiety, eating & weight disorders, alcohol, drug & gambling addictions.

The Care and Quality Commission reported "unacceptable" failings in care and welfare at the Mulberry Psychiatric Unit, Woodbourne Priory Hospital, following an unannounced inspection in August 2011 (News Headlines 27/09/11).

However, the former campus still contains the Yardley Green Medical Centre and several mental health units, including Little Bromwich, Newbridge House and Nightingale House.

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