Warrington Hospital

Warrington Hospital is a health facility at Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is managed by Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Warrington Hospital
Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington Hospital (in the background)
Shown in Cheshire
Geography
LocationWarrington, Cheshire, England
Coordinates53.3938°N 2.6097°W / 53.3938; -2.6097
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
History
Opened1893 (1893)
Links
Websitewww.whh.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital has its origins an isolation hospital which was constructed on the site in 1893.[1] The Warrington Union Workhouse Infirmary was built on the same site and opened in 1898.[1][2] The site was occupied by the Whitecross Military Hospital during the First World War.[1] The infirmary became the Warrington Borough General Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] Meanwhile the isolation hospital became known as the Aiken Street Hospital.[2]

The Aiken Street Hospital was demolished in 1973 and the site was redeveloped in stages to facilitate the creation of the Appleton Wing in 1980, the Burtonwood Wing in 1988, the Croft Wing in 1994 and the Daresbury Wing in 1998.[3]

Management of the hospital passed to the Warrington General Hospital NHS Trust in 1993.[4] A new £6.25 million intensive care unit opened in February 2009.[5]

References
  1. "Warrington". Workhouses. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. "Warrington General Hospital". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. "Timeline of health milestones in Warrington since 1948". Warrington Guardian. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. "The Warrington General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993". Legislation.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. "Intensive Care Unit Opens". Health Estate Journal. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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