Birch Hill Hospital
Birch Hill Hospital was a health facility in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was managed by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
| Birch Hill Hospital | |
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| Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | |
 Birch Hill Hospital | |
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  Shown in Greater Manchester | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53.6401°N 2.1213°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Community hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Opened | 1877 |
| Closed | 2013 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The facility has its origins in the Dearnley Union Workhouse which was designed by George Woodhouse and Edward Potts and opened in November 1877.[1] An infirmary was added at the north of the site in 1902.[1] It became the Dearnley Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Birch Hill Hospital in 1948.[2] After services transferred to Rochdale Infirmary, Birch Hill Hospital closed in January 2013.[3] The site was subsequently sold to Persimmon for residential use: the developers have retained the clock tower as part of the new development.[4]
References
- "Rochdale". Workhouses. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale". National Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "Birch Hill hospital in Rochdale - a landmark Victorian hospital - will finally shut its doors next month". Manchester Evening News. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "Birch Hill Clock Tower part of local heritage". Rochdale Online. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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