Liverpool Women's Hospital is a major
obstetrics, gynaecology and
neonatology research hospital in
Liverpool
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,
England
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. It is one of several specialist hospitals located within the
Liverpool City Region
The Liverpool City Region is a combined authority region of England, centred on Liverpool, incorporating the local authority district boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral. The region is in the historic counties of ...
, alongside
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a children's hospital and NHS foundation trust in West Derby, Liverpool, England. It is one of the largest children's hospitals in the United Kingdom, and one of several specialist hospitals within the Liverpool ...
,
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Liverpool. It is one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region, alongside Liverpool Women's Hospital, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, th ...
, the
Walton Centre
The Walton Centre, formerly known as the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, is a major neurology hospital located in the suburb of Fazakerley in the city of Liverpool, England. It is one of several specialist hospitals located within ...
,
Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit and
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. It is managed by the
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital receives approximately 50,000 patients annually and is the largest hospital for its specialism in Europe.
History
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The hospital, which replaced the Women's Hospital in Catharine Street, the
Liverpool Maternity Hospital
The Liverpool Maternity Hospital was established as the Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary for the Diseases of Women and Children in Horatio Street, Scotland Road, Liverpool, in November 1841. It was replaced by the Liverpool Women's Hospital in No ...
, and Mill Road Maternity Hospital in a single new building in Crown Street, was designed by the
Percy Thomas Partnership Percy Thomas Partnership was the trading name of the award-winning British architectural practice established some time between 1965 and 1973 as the successor to a series of earlier partnerships originally set up by Percy Thomas (1883–1969) in Car ...
and was constructed in red brick with white cladding and light blue metal roofs. It was officially opened by
Diana, Princess of Wales in November 1995.
A sculpture entitled ''Mother and Child'' was erected outside the main entrance to the hospital in 1999 by Terry McDonald.
The hospital was investigated in 2018 as part of the investigation into the
Countess of Chester Hospital baby deaths
Lucy Letby (born 4 January 1990) is a British serial killer and former neonatal nurse convicted of the murder of seven infants and attempted murder of six others between June 2015 and June 2016. Letby was the focus of suspicion following a hi ...
, as main suspect Lucy Letby had previously worked there.
2021 attack
On 14 November 2021, police were called at approximately 11:00 a.m. UTC following reports of a car explosion. The building went into lockdown and was cordoned off by the police; a man died and another was injured.
Counter-terrorism
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police are leading the investigation. It has been confirmed that the dead man was the passenger in the taxi and that the injured man was the driver.
See also
*
List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
* Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottingha ...
References
External links
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust*
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Hospital buildings completed in 1995
Hospitals in Liverpool
NHS hospitals in England
Women's hospitals