Clatterbridge Hospital

Clatterbridge Hospital
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Clatterbridge Hospital in 2004
Shown in Merseyside
Geography
Location Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, Wirral. CH63 4JY., United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°20′00″N 3°01′27″W / 53.333195°N 3.024193°W / 53.333195; -3.024193Coordinates: 53°20′00″N 3°01′27″W / 53.333195°N 3.024193°W / 53.333195; -3.024193
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type General/Teaching
Affiliated university University of Liverpool School of Medical Education
Services
Emergency department No.
History
Founded c.1830 as a workhouse,
1930 as a general hospital.
Links
Website www.wuth.nhs.uk
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Clatterbridge Hospital is a general hospital located on Clatterbridge Health Park in Bebington, Wirral, England. It is managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the accommodation provided for the treatment of infectious diseases for the Wirral Poor Law Union Workhouse in 1888.[1] A purpose built infirmary block was erected in 1899.[2][3]

In 1930, with the end of the workhouse system, the site became the responsibility of Cheshire County Council who renamed the facility Clatterbridge General Hospital.[2] With an increased catchment area expansion of the infirmary was ordered, including a new surgical block and an extension to the existing maternity block.[3] After it joined the National Health Service in 1948, it became simply Clatterbridge Hospital.[2]

Following the opening of Arrowe Park Hospital in 1982, many of the overlapping services closed at Clatterbridge in favour of the newer site, including accident and emergency and maternity. In 1992 the local health authorities were abolished and management of Clatterbridge Hospital passed to the newly founded Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust. Although the last of the old workhouse buildings were demolished in 1997, clinical services continue to be provided at the hospital.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC - Domesday Reloaded: Clatterbridge Hospital". Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Workhouse: Wirral, Cheshire". Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  3. 1 2 "Old Wirral: Spital Hospital". Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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