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Hospital

St Catherine's Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Birkenhead Infirmary (1863 - 1930)
Birkenhead Municipal Hospital (1930 - 1948)
Address
Church Road, Birkenhead, L42 0LQ
Current Trust
Wirral and West Cheshire Community NHS Trust (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1863
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Liverpool
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Birkenhead
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Mersey
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Mersey
District Authority (1974-1982)
Northern
District Authority (Post-1982)
Wirral
Pre-1974 County
Cheshire
Post-1974 County
Merseyside
Post-1996 County
Merseyside

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1863 - 1930 Birkenhead Board of Guardians.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric, Other
Post-1948 information
AC: 1948 - c.1981.
GER: c.1981 - ?
OTHER: Long stay.

Other information

None

Record locations

  • Wirral Archives Service

    Record types

    Administrative
    1863 - 1986
    General
    1863 - 1974
    Finance
    1922 - 1942
    Nursing
    1899 - 1979
    Admission
    1869 - 1973
    Pictorial
    1890 - 1986

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA), Other
    Details
    AR: CAT:
    AR: See also Birkenhead Hospital Management Committee.
    OTHER: Liverpool University Archives.