Clatterbridge Hospital is a general hospital located on
Clatterbridge Health Park in
Bebington
Bebington () is a town and unparished area within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it lies south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsul ...
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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. A purpose built infirmary block was erected in 1899.
In 1930, with the end of the workhouse system, the site became the responsibility of
Cheshire County Council
Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East.
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who renamed the facility Clatterbridge General Hospital.
With an increased catchment area expansion of the infirmary was ordered, including a new surgical block and an extension to the existing maternity block.
After it joined the
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
in 1948, it became simply Clatterbridge Hospital.
A Regional Radiotherapy Centre, now known as the
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (colloquially known as The Royal Cancer Hospital) is an NHS Foundation Trust, which specialises in the treatment of cancer. The centre is one of several specialist hospitals located within Merseyside; alongside ...
, was established on the site and opened by
Lord Cohen in 1958.
Following the opening of
Arrowe Park Hospital
Arrowe Park Hospital is a large, acute hospital, located on a 15-acre (6.1 ha) section of Arrowe Park, close to the village of Upton, Wirral, Merseyside. It is one of three hospitals managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation ...
in 1982, many of the overlapping services closed at Clatterbridge in favour of the newer site, including
accident and emergency
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pat ...
and
maternity
]
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
. 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.
References
External links
Official site
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NHS hospitals in England
Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Hospitals in Merseyside
Hospitals in Cheshire
Teaching hospitals in England
Poor law infirmaries