Aintree University Hospital (colloquially known as Fazakerley Hospital) is a

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hospital in

Fazakerley Fazakerley is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 16,786. Description Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring dist ...

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. It is managed by the

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the Trust responsible for managing Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The new organisation, ...

History

In 1898 Liverpool Corporation acquired land from the Harbreck estate with which to build a hospital. The hospital, initially known as the "City Hospital North, Fazakerley, for Infectious Diseases" opened in 1906. During the

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, the building was requisitioned by the

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to create the 1st Western General Hospital, a facility for the

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to treat military casualties. It became the "Fazakerley Infectious Hospital" in 1947 and, after joining the

in 1948, became the Fazakerley Hospital in 1968. The maternity unit was completed in 1969 and, after a major-rebuilding programme, the hospital reopened as the "Fazakerley District General Hospital" in 1974. It became the "University Hospital Aintree" in 1999. In July 2016 the hospital, together with the Walton Centre, became the single receiving site for major trauma patients in Merseyside. An expanded urgent care and trauma centre was officially opened by the

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in September 2017.

References

External links

Official site
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