Contact Points (How to find us  &  Maps & Plans)

 Direct FAX : +44 (0) 121 507 6021
                     +44 (0) 121 507 6081

email: stephen.george@swbh.nhs.uk

Mr TMT Sheehan +44 (0) 121 507 6028

email: ted.sheehan@swbh.nhs.uk

Laboratory Webmaster

Mr Bob Dyster:   robert.dyster@swbh.nhs.uk

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
City Hospital, Internet Site: http://www.swbh.nhs.uk

 * see other e-mail addresses below

Electronic mail

stephen.george@swbh.nhs.uk

ted.sheehan@swbh.nhs.uk

alan.dench@swbh.nhs.uk

claire.george@swbh.nhs.uk

shashi.parmar@swbh.nhs.uk

meenal.chauhan@swbh.nhs.uk

Postal address:

West Midlands Toxicology Laboratory

City Hospital

Dudley Road

Birmingham

West Midlands

B18 7QH

By Road:

From London, South East, North West or North East

• Whether travelling from the M1, M40, M42 or M69, follow the signs to the M6.
• Leave the M6 at junction 6 "Spaghetti Junction", following signs for the A38M Aston Expressway.
• Take the A38M Aston Expressway, following signs for the City Centre, come off at the 2nd exit (Dartmouth Circus), following the signs for the Convention Centre.
• Coming off the Aston Expressway at Dartmouth Circus, at the roundabout, take the 3rd exit (i.e. turn right), follow the dual carriageway (Newtown Middleway).
• Carry straight on (along New John Street West) along the dual carriageway, through four sets of traffic lights (includes pelican crossings) to a 2nd roundabout.
• Straight on at the roundabout (2nd exit), past a Repsol petrol station on the right hand side of the dual carriageway, along the dual carriageway, going under the Hockley Flyover to a 3rd roundabout.
• Straight on at the roundabout (1st exit) (Jet petrol station on left) and continue along dual carriageway, past signs for the Jewellery Quarter, over a set of traffic lights at a cross roads, to another roundabout, approach this roundabout in the outside lane.
• At the roundabout, turn right (3rd exit) onto the Dudley Road.
• Continue up the hill to another set of traffic lights, The City Hospital is on the right, on the corner of Western Road.
• Turn right at these traffic lights into Western Road, down Western Road and take the second set of hospital gates on the left.
• The West Midlands Toxicology Laboratory is about 100 yards down the drive on the left hand side, in a single storey building.

From Wales and the South West

• From the M5, come off at junction 3, following signs for Birmingham City Centre
• At the exit roundabout, head off for Birmingham City Centre, A456 and continue for 3 miles
• After 3 miles, take the Outer Ring Road and signs for Winson Green, A4040. Turn left into Barnsley Road, then right into Sandon Road
• Turn left into City Road, and down the City Road for 1 mile to the end of the road where it joins the Dudley Road at a T junction (traffic lights)
• Turn right onto the Dudley Road, towards the City Centre and the City Hospital is 600 yards on the left, past a cross roads (traffic lights)

By Train

• From the station, Birmingham New Street, take the bus
• Nos., 82, 87 and 88. All stop outside the hospital's main entrance

By Bus

	11	Birmingham Outer Circle Route. Stops outside the hospital on Aberdeen Street.
	979	Birmingham - Wolverhampton. Stops outside the Hospital main entrance
	66-66E	Birmingham - Soho and Nechells / Sutton Coldfield via Ladywood Stops on Northbrook St. & Summerfield
	81	Birmingham - via Hockley. Stops on Western Rd. by the Eye & Hearing Services Centres
	82	Birmingham - Bearwood via Dudley Rd. Stops outside the Hospital's main entrance
	87	Birmingham - Dudley via Smethwick & Oldbury. Stops outside the main entrance
	88	Birmingham - Oldbury via Londonderry & Langley. Stops outside the main entrance
	443	Birmingham - Warley. Stops outside the Hospital's main entrance

Helpful Numbers

	British Rail	0345 484950
	Hospital Main Number	0121 554 3801
	Centro Helpline	0121 200 2700

Maps & Plans

Colour Site Plan 1 - 252Kb           large size Jpeg file, but good overall picture (updated March 2001)

Colour Site Plan 2 - 186Kb           good picture of the hospital site

Colour Site Plan 3 - 23.4Kb          smaller outline drawing, giving faster download, but less detail

Colour Site Plan 4 - 41.4Kb          outline drawing - large scale site plan, but lower resolution

Main Road Map - 31Kb                  shows M5 & M6 motorways + main roads around Birmingham

Large Scale Road Map - 83Kb      shows the main roads in the area around the City Hospital site

Out-of-Hours Requests or clinical advice on the management of poisoning:

West Midlands Poisons Unit, City Hospital NHS Teaching Trust:

Out-of-Hours requests:                                                   +44 (0) 121 507 4007/4307

Clinical advice on the management of poisoning:          National Telephone Number:   +44 (0) 870 600 6266
 

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