Clatterbridge Hospital

{{Short description|Hospital in Merseyside, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Clatterbridge Hospital | org_group = [[Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]] | image = Wirral Egg Run, Clatterbridge Hospital 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 291321.jpg | caption = Clatterbridge Hospital in 2004 | pushpin_map = Merseyside | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Merseyside | logo =  | location = Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, Wirral. CH63 4JY. | state =  | region =  | country = UK | coordinates = {{Coord|53.333195|N|3.024193|W|type:landmark_region:GB-WRL|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = Public [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] | type = General/Teaching | speciality =  | standards =  | emergency = No | affiliation = [[University of Liverpool]] School of Medical Education | beds =  | founded = c.1830 as a workhouse,<br>1930 as a general hospital. | closed =  | website = {{URL|http://www.wuth.nhs.uk}} | other_links =  }}

'''Clatterbridge Hospital''' is a general hospital located on [[Clatterbridge Health Park]] in [[Bebington]], [[Wirral Peninsula|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Domesday Reloaded: ''Clatterbridge Hospital'' |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-332000-381000/page/16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417075439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-332000-381000/page/16 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2015 |accessdate=23 September 2018}}</ref> A purpose built infirmary block was erected in 1899.<ref name="workhouse">{{cite web |title=The Workhouse: ''Wirral, Cheshire'' |url=https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Wirral/ |accessdate=2013-02-28}}</ref><ref name="old">{{cite web |title=Old Wirral: ''Spital Hospital'' |url=http://www.oldwirral.com/spital_hospital.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708090354/http://www.oldwirral.com/spital_hospital.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref name="workhouse"/> With an increased catchment area expansion of the infirmary was ordered, including a new surgical block and an extension to the existing maternity block.<ref name="old" /> After it joined the [[National Health Service]] in 1948, it became simply Clatterbridge Hospital.<ref name="workhouse"/>

A Regional Radiotherapy Centre, now known as the [[Clatterbridge Cancer Centre]], was established on the site and opened by [[Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead|Lord Cohen]] in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/in-your-area/staff-sparkle-60th-birthday-clatterbridge-14485903|title=Staff sparkle for the 60th birthday of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref>

Following the opening of [[Arrowe Park Hospital]] in 1982, many of the overlapping services closed at Clatterbridge in favour of the newer site, including [[Emergency department|accident and emergency]] and [[Obstetrics|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.<ref name="workhouse" />

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==External links== *[http://www.wuth.nhs.uk Official site]

[[Category:NHS hospitals in England]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral]] [[Category:Hospitals in Merseyside]] [[Category:Hospitals in Cheshire]] [[Category:Teaching hospitals in England]] [[Category:Poor law infirmaries]]