Birkenhead General Hospital (known as Birkenhead Borough Hospital until 1926) was a hospital situated on Park Road North, between Prince Edward Street and Livingstone Street, in Birkenhead, England.
Birkenhead General Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Park Road North, Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 53°23′45″N 3°02′04″W / 53.395817°N 3.034507°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | General |
History | |
Opened | 1863[1] |
Closed | 1982[2] |
History
editThe hospital was built in 1862 and opened the following year as Borough Hospital.[1] The name was changed to Birkenhead General Hospital in 1926.[1] From 1948 it was run by the Birkenhead Hospital Management Committee, and after 1974 by the Wirral Area Health Authority.[2] After services were transferred to the newly opened Arrowe Park Hospital, the building ceased to be used in 1982.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Bidston 1978, p. 28
- ^ a b c "Birkenhead General Hospital, Birkenhead". National Archives. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
Sources
edit- Bidston, Carol E. (1978). Birkenhead in Times Past. Chorley: Countryside Publications Ltd. ISBN 0861570030. OCLC 16480899.