Joint care: a pat on the back for a unique family hospital.
Over the years Stannington Children's Hospital has evolved into an hospital with a difference offering care to sick children from socially deprived backgrounds. Author looks at this remarkable home which has made 'the impossible possible'. He explains why it is a prime candidate for closure and why all concerned with Stannington, including the Health Advisory Service, feel it should be funded as a regional specialty.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004519:Education, Special; D004739:England; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006763:Hospitals, Chronic Disease / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011204:Poverty Areas