Clatterbridge Health Park is a campus of otherwise independent,

health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

-related organisations, including three separate

NHS trusts An NHS trust is an organisational unit within the National Health Services of England and Wales, generally serving either a geographical area or a specialised function (such as an ambulance service). In any particular location there may be several ...

. Located in

Bebington Bebington () is a town and unparished area within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it lies south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula. Ne ...

, Wirral, close to Junction 4 of the

M53 motorway The M53 is an motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in England. It is also referred to as the Mid Wirral Motorway. It runs between the Kingsway Tunnel, at Wallasey in the north, and the A55 at ...

, the health park was the former site of the defunct Wirral Union Workhouse. As such, it shares much of its history with that of

Clatterbridge Hospital Clatterbridge Hospital is a general hospital located on Clatterbridge Health Park in Bebington, Wirral, England. It is managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the accommod ...

NHS organisations

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Wirral

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Wirral provides chemotherapy and radiotherapy on an

outpatient A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care ...

basis, diagnostic services, and cancer support for patients and relatives. There is a private radiotherapy clinic on site, which is a joint venture with Ireland's

Mater Private Hospital The Mater Private Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Príobháideach an Mater) is a private hospital business. Its main hospital is located just to the east of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to the main hospital ...

. The hospital hosts the UK’s only

proton therapy In medicine, proton therapy, or proton radiotherapy, is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue, most often to treat cancer. The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam ra ...

centre for eye cancers.

Clatterbridge Hospital

Clatterbridge Hospital is managed by

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) is an NHS Foundation Trust. It provides healthcare for people of the Wirral Peninsula and the surrounding areas of North West England and North Wales. The trust is responsible for ...

. It was a general hospital until the opening of

Arrowe Park Hospital 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 ...

. These days it is mainly used for planned surgery and rehabilitation care, and hosts many of the trusts ancillary services, for example the finance department. During the COVID-19 pandemic the hospital was one of the first vaccination centres to open in England.

Springview

Springview is a mental health hospital operated by

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) provides mental health services, learning disability services and substance misuse services across Cheshire and Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Wirral, England. Additionally it provides ...

. It offers inpatient care for mental health conditions, such as

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Non-NHS organisations

Claire House Children's Hospice

Claire House Children's Hospice is also located within the grounds of the former workhouse, but has a separate entrance and is not accessible from the main site.

Elderholme Nursing Home

Elderholme Nursing Home is operated by the

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, Wirrelderly. The home opened in 1990, and provides residential care for people over the age of 65 with personal care needs, such as those with dementia or learning disabilities.

Wirral Hospice St John's

Wirral Hospice St John's opened in 1983, and provides

hospice Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by ...

care to people with life-limiting conditions. Wirral Hospice has 16

inpatient A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health ca ...

beds, an outpatient service, and can provide "hospice at home" care. The hospice is a registered charity.

References

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