My God !! my old Matron has had a face lift. On a more serious note, a military enclave within Selly Oak would be a better proposition. the Armed Forces do not have the specialists to deal with poly-trauma cases on a continuing basis. We do not have enough medical and nursing staff to fullfil current requirements, let alone man a full military hospital with al the specialities required from orthopaedics to chest and heart surgery, it is just not feasible.
A better answer is a dedicated secure establishment with the existing facility, secured closed off and FUNDED TOTALLY by the MoD. Staff could be recruited on a local service engagement including non-deployability if required. Services could be provided by the host hospital such as operating theatre time, ICU beds and lab services for instance.
When Frontier Medical are trying to recruit staff to work in Afghanistan for UK forces, to fill holes in the establishment a dedicated hospital is not going to happen. We have TOO FEW staff for present requirements.
I for one would work in such a unit, being now too OLD to rejoin !!!
Signed any way more in hope rather than expectation.