St Catherine's Health Centre, formerly St Catherine's Hospital, is a community hospital in
Tranmere,
Birkenhead
Birkenhead () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic co ...
, 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 term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
as St Catherine's Hospital in 1948.
In 2013, St Catherine's underwent a £32.6 million 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 Catherine's Medical Centre.
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NHS hospitals in England
Hospitals in Merseyside
Hospital buildings completed in 2013
Hospitals established in 1863