Ormskirk_and_District_General_Hospital

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Hospital in England

Ormskirk and District General Hospital is an acute hospital in Ormskirk, Lancashire. It is managed by the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Ormskirk Union Workhouse Infirmary which was established in 1853.[1] It became the County Hospital and Institution in the 1930s and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it went on to become Ormskirk County Hospital in the 1950s and subsequently Ormskirk and District General Hospital.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ormskirk". Workhouses. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Ormskirk and District General Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 26 December 2018.


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