Ormskirk and District General Hospital is an acute hospital at

Ormskirk Ormskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, north of Liverpool, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston. Ormskirk is known for its gingerbread. Geography and administr ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

. It is managed by the

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust is the principal healthcare provider to 258,000 people across Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. Services The Trust provides care at Southport and Formby District General Hospital and Ormskirk Distri ...

History

The hospital has its origins in the Ormskirk Union Workhouse Infirmary which was established in 1853. It became the County Hospital and Institution in the 1930s and, after joining the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

in 1948, it went on to become Ormskirk County Hospital in the 1950s and subsequently Ormskirk and District General Hospital.

References

NHS hospitals in England Hospitals in Lancashire {{UK-hospital-stub