Ormskirk District General Hospital

Ormskirk and District General Hospital
Ormskirk and District General Hospital
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
	Ormskirk and District General Hospital
	Location in Lancashire
Geography
Location	Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°33′51″N2°52′19″W / 53.5641°N 2.8719°W
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	District General Hospital
Services
Emergency department	Children only (8am to midnight)
History
Opened	1853
Links
Website	https://so.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ormskirk-hospital
Lists	Hospitals in England

Last updated November 25, 2025

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.

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

↑ "Ormskirk". Workhouses. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
↑ "Ormskirk and District General Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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[1] "Ormskirk". Workhouses. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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

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