St Helens Hospital | |
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
St Helens Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | St Helens, Merseyside, England |
Coordinates | 53°26′22″N2°43′08″W / 53.4394°N 2.7190°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Diagnostic and treatment centre |
History | |
Opened | 1873 |
Links | |
Website | sthk |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
St Helens Hospital is a health facility at St Helens, Merseyside. It is managed by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The hospital has its origins in a cottage hospital in Marshall Cross Road which opened in 1873. [1] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [1] A scheme to rebuild the hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2006. The works were carried out by Vinci, as part of a scheme with Whiston Hospital, at a cost of £338 million. [2] It was completed in 2008 and was officially opened by the Duke of York in 2010. [2]