staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.39%. 89% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 74% recommended it as a place to work. The Trust's Professor Anita Macdonald, Consultant Paediatric Dietitian was awarded an OBE for services to Dietetics in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015. In 2016, it became the first children's hospital to be rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. See also Healthcare in West Midlands List of hospitals in England List of NHS trusts References External links Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust the Birmingham Children's Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 (Statutory Instrument assigning name) Children's hospitals in the United Kingdom Hospital buildings completed in 1862 Hospital buildings completed in 1917 Hospitals in Birmingham, West Midlands NHS hospitals in England Hospitals established in 1862 1862 establishments in England