Forces Birmingham Community Information Portal

RCDM Birmingham

Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) and Defence School of Health Care Studies are located in Birmingham.

Defence Medical Staff are grouped into five MOD Hospital Units across the UK and the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, located just outside the centre of Birmingham.  University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) runs the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, which will replace the existing Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals

Birmingham City offers a blend of arcades, stylish malls, markets and of course the famous Jewellery Quarter. The city is full of latest designer boutiques and general high street stores together with specialist shops. The Bull Ring also hosts a variety of high street stores together with larger department stores such as Selfridges.

The HIVE is able to provide information and details of Unit Facilities to permanent staff and trainees from all three services living and working in the Birmingham area.




The information on this site has been compiled from various sources accessible on the internet:  acknowledgements are due to The British Army Website, the HIVE website, and Wikipedia. 
The site is intended to be an impartial and useful source of information about the Forces Base and surrounding area for members of HM Armed Forces, their families and civilians working on the Base. There should be nothing of a sensitive nature as everything here is readily available on the internet.  If you spot anything that is out of date or just plain wrong, please contact us.