Public services Birmingham

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1 public services

1.1 library services
1.2 emergency services
1.3 healthcare
1.4 water supply
1.5 energy waste





public services

in birmingham libraries, leisure centres, parks, play areas, transport, street cleaning , waste collection face cuts among other services. albert bore, leader of birmingham city council called on government change radically how local services funded , provided. claimed government cuts local authorities have hit birmingham disproportionately. child protection services within birmingham rated inadequate ofsted 4 years running between 2009 , 2013, 20 child deaths since 2007 being investigated. in march 2014 government announced independent commissioner appointed oversee improvements children s services within city.


library services

the library of birmingham new home largest municipal library in europe


the former birmingham central library, opened in 1972, considered largest municipal library in europe. 6 of collections designated arts council england being pre-eminent collections of national , international importance , out of 8 collections recognised in local authority libraries nationwide. new library of birmingham in centenary square, replacing central library, opened on 3 september 2013. designed dutch architects mecanoo , has been described kind of public forum ... memorial, shrine, book , literature . library faces cuts, due reduced funding central government.


there 41 local libraries in birmingham, plus regular mobile library service. library service has 4 million visitors annually. due budget cuts, 4 of branch libraries risk closure whilst services may reduced elsewhere.


emergency services

law enforcement in birmingham carried out west midlands police, headquarters @ lloyd house in birmingham city centre. 87.92 recorded offences per 1000 population in 2009–10, birmingham s crime rate above average england , wales, lower of england s other major core cities , lower many smaller cities such oxford, cambridge or brighton. fire , rescue services in birmingham provided west midlands fire service , emergency medical care west midlands ambulance service.


healthcare

the queen elizabeth hospital in edgbaston houses largest critical care unit in europe.


there several major national health service hospitals in birmingham. queen elizabeth hospital, adjacent birmingham medical school in edgbaston, houses largest critical care unit in europe, , home of royal centre defence medicine, treating military personnel injured in conflict zones. other general hospitals in city include heartlands hospital, hope hospital in sutton coldfield , city hospital in winson green. there many specialist hospitals, such birmingham children s hospital, birmingham women s hospital, birmingham dental hospital, , royal orthopaedic hospital.


birmingham saw first ever use of radiography in operation, , uk s first ever hole-in-the-heart operation performed @ birmingham children s hospital.


see healthcare in west midlands.


water supply

the birmingham corporation water department set in 1876 supply water birmingham, until 1974 when responsibilities transferred severn trent water. of birmingham s water supplied elan aqueduct, opened in 1904; water fed gravity frankley reservoir, frankley, , bartley reservoir, bartley green, reservoirs in elan valley, wales.


energy waste

within birmingham tyseley energy waste plant, large incineration plant built in 1996 veolia, burns 366,414 tonnes of household waste annually , produces 166,230 mwh of electricity national grid along 282,013 tonnes of carbon dioxide. birmingham friends of earth have opposed facility contributing climate change, causing air pollution , reducing recycling rates in city.



another energy-from-waste centre using pyrolysis technology has been granted planning permission @ washwood heath.








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