St Catherine's Health Centre

St Catherine's Health Centre
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
St Catherine's Health Centre
Location within Merseyside
Geography
LocationTranmere, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England
Coordinates53°22′48″N 3°01′49″W / 53.3799°N 3.0304°W / 53.3799; -3.0304
History
Opened1863
Links
Websitewww.wirralct.nhs.uk/contact/clinics-a-z/st-catherines
ListsHospitals in England

St Catherine's Health Centre, formerly St Catherine's Hospital, is a community hospital in Tranmere, Birkenhead, England.

St Catherine's is managed by Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.[1] Some services run from the site are operated by other local trusts.[2]

History

The hospital has its origins in the Birkenhead Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by Thomas Leyland and completed in 1863.[3] The original hospital was replaced by two new pavilions and an administration block in 1913, and was renamed as the Birkenhead Institution.[4]

The facility became Birkenhead Municipal Hospital in 1930 and then joined the National Health Service as St Catherine's Hospital in 1948.[5]

In 2013, St Catherine's underwent a £32.6 million redevelopment, with the original St Catherine's Hospital buildings replaced with the new, four storey health centre. As part of the redevelopment, the site was renamed St Catherine's Medical Centre.[6]

References

  1. ^ "St Catherine's Health Centre | Wirral University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust". www.wuth.nhs.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ^ "St Catherine's Health Centre". www.wirralct.nhs.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Birkenhead". Workhouses. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  4. ^ Barnes, Geoff (16 January 2013). "St Catherine's Hospital ready for a new era". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ^ "St Catherine's Hospital, Birkenhead". National archives. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Media Briefing: St Catherine's Health Centre, Birkenhead" (PDF). Wirral Community NHS Trust.