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St Catherine's Health Centre, formerly St Catherine's Hospital, is a community hospital in Tranmere,
The hospital has its origins in the Birkenhead Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by Thomas Leyland and completed in 1863. The original hospital was replaced by two new pavilions and an administration block in 1913, and was renamed as the Birkenhead Institution.
The facility became Birkenhead Municipal Hospital in 1930 and then joined the
Birkenhead
Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...
, England.
St Catherine's is managed by Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. Some services run from the site are operated by other local trusts.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Birkenhead Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by Thomas Leyland and completed in 1863. The original hospital was replaced by two new pavilions and an administration block in 1913, and was renamed as the Birkenhead Institution.
The facility became Birkenhead Municipal Hospital in 1930 and then joined 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 " ...
as St Catherine's Hospital in 1948.
In 2013, St Catherine's underwent a £32million redevelopment, with the original St Catherine's Hospital buildings replaced with the new, four storey health centre. As part of the redevelopment, the site was renamed St Catherines Medical Centre.
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