Halton General Hospital is a health facility at

Runcorn Runcorn is an industrial town and Runcorn Docks, cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Runcorn is on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. It is upstream from the port of Live ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, England. It is managed by the

Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 December 2008 from what was formerly known as North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust comprises Warrington Hospital, Halton General Hospital in Runcorn and Houghton Hall ...

History

The first phase of the hospital, which consisted of out-patient facilities, opened on 21 September 1976; the second phase, which involved in-patient facilities, was completed in 1985. Management of the hospital passed to the Halton General Hospital NHS Trust in 1993. The minor injuries unit was refurbished in November 2003 and a new urgent care centre was established at the hospital in 2015. In 2018 it was proposed the hospital be replaced with a modern treatment centre.

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Hospitals in Cheshire NHS hospitals in England Buildings and structures in Runcorn {{UK-hospital-stub