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Hospital

Penn Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
St Catherine's Convalescent Home (1873 - 1948)
St Catherine's Hospital (1948 - 1950)
Children's Hospital
Address
Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HN
Current Trust
Wolverhampton Health Care NHS Trust (since 1995)
Foundation Year
1873
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Birmingham
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Wolverhampton Local
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
West Midlands
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
West Midlands
District Authority (1974-1982)
Wolverhampton
District Authority (Post-1982)
Wolverhampton
Pre-1974 County
Staffordshire
Post-1974 County
West Midlands
Post-1996 County
West Middlands

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children, Women
Pre-1948 information
W&C: Convalescent.
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric, Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: 1948 - 1978 Women's pre-convalescent and children.
AC: 1978 - ?
GER: 1978 - ?

Other information

Branch of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital.

Record locations

  • Wolverhampton Health Authority

    Record types

    Administrative
    1949 - 1952
    General
    1949 - 1952

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)