Arrowe Park Hospital

This article is about the hospital. For the park of the same name, see Arrowe Country Park. For the geographical area of the same name, see Arrowe Park.

Arrowe Park Hospital is a large, acute hospital, located on a 15-acre (6.1 ha) section of Arrowe Park, close to the village of Upton, Wirral, Merseyside. It is one of three hospitals managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,^[1] the others being Clatterbridge Hospital and Wirral Women and Children's Hospital, the latter of which is also based on the Arrowe Park site.

Arrowe Park Hospital
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Main Entrance at Arrowe Park Hospital in 2013
Shown in Merseyside
Geography
Location	Arrowe Park Road, Upton, Wirral. Merseyside CH49 5PE, United Kingdom
Coordinates	53.369876°N 3.095984°W / 53.369876; -3.095984
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Acute/Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Liverpool School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency;
History
Opened	1982
Links
Website	www.wuth.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in the United Kingdom

Preliminary inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated the hospital as requiring improvement.^[2]

History

Planning for Arrowe Park Hospital began in the 1960s, although building did not start until the late 1970s.^[3] The facility was built to replace Birkenhead General Hospital in Birkenhead, Highfield Maternity Hospital in Wallasey, Leasowe Hospital in Leasowe, St Catherine's Hospital in Birkenhead and Victoria Central Hospital in Wallasey. The hospital was officially opened by the Queen on 4 May 1982.^[4]

In March 2011, following remodelling work at a cost of £11.5 million, the maternity and gynaecology unit was renamed Wirral Women and Children's Hospital.^[5][6]

Coronavirus quarantine centre

In January 2020, the hospital was designated the quarantine site for British nationals evacuated from China at the start the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7] The British nationals from Wuhan were all released from quarantine after 14 days and none became ill.^[8] British citizens who had been quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise liner were also scheduled to be quarantined at Arrowe Park Hospital.^[9]

References

1. "Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Arrowe Park Hospital". Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
2. Overview and CQC Inspections
3. "BBC Domesday Reloaded Arrowe Park Hospital, Irby". Retrieved 28 February 2013.
4. "Royal seal of approval sparks 33 years of fundraising for Wirral hospital volunteers". Wirral Globe. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
5. Manning, Craig (20 July 2009). "Tranmere manager Barnes opens Arrowe Park Hospital's new children's department". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
6. "Heart Wirral Radio 97.1 Countess of Wessex opens new hospital". Retrieved 28 February 2013.
7. "Britons in Wuhan to return home on Friday". BBC News. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
8. "'We're free': Wuhan evacuees celebrate leaving UK quarantine". The Guardian. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
9. "Coronavirus: Repatriation flight for Britons on Diamond Princess delayed". BBC. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links

• Official site