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]

Cybersecurity incident

In November 2024, the trust announced a major incident at the hospital "for cyber security reasons", resulting in the cancellation of outpatient appointments. The attack was expected to result in delays in the provision of emergency medical care.^[10][11]