Liverpool Women's Hospital
Liverpool Women's Hospital is a major obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatology research hospital in Liverpool, England. It is one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region, alongside Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the Walton Centre, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. It is managed by the Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital receives approximately 50,000 patients annually and is the largest hospital for its specialism in Europe.[1]
| Liverpool Women's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust | |
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  Location in Liverpool  Location in Merseyside | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS |
| Coordinates | 53.39845°N 2.96098°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Speciality | Obstetrics and gynaecology, Neonatology |
| History | |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
The hospital, which replaced the Women's Hospital in Catharine Street, the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, and Mill Road Maternity Hospital in a single new building in Crown Street,[2] was designed by the Percy Thomas Partnership and was constructed in red brick with white cladding and light blue metal roofs. It was officially opened by Diana, Princess of Wales in November 1995.[3]
A sculpture entitled Mother and Child was erected outside the main entrance to the hospital in 1999 by Terry McDonald.[4]
The hospital was investigated in 2018 as part of the investigation into the Countess of Chester Hospital baby murders, as perpetrator Lucy Letby had previously worked there. Following Letby's conviction in 2023, the police announced they would be investigating her activity at Liverpool Women's hospital as part of an overall investigation into Letby's entire career.[5][6]
2021 attack
On 14 November 2021, police were called at approximately 11:00 a.m. UTC following reports of a car explosion. The building went into lockdown and was cordoned off by the police; a man died and another was injured.[7][8] Counter-terrorism police lead the investigation.[9] The dead man was the passenger in the taxi and that the injured man was the driver.[10]
See also
References
- "Liverpool explosion: Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at hospital". BBC News. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Pye, Ken (2011). Discover Liverpool. Liverpool: Trinity Mirror Media. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-906802-90-5.
- "Diana, Princess of Wales opens Liverpool Women's Hospital". Liverpool Echo. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 373. ISBN 0-300-10910-5.
- Parveen, Nazia; Halliday, Josh (4 July 2018). "Cheshire baby deaths: police widen inquiry to second hospital". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "How the police caught Lucy Letby". Sky News. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- "Liverpool Women's Hospital: One dead in car explosion outside hospital". BBC News. 14 November 2021.
- "Counter-terror police arrest three men over deadly car blast - live". The Independent. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Brown, David; Wace, Charlotte (14 November 2021). "Man dies after taxi explodes outside Liverpool Women's Hospital". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- "Liverpool Women's Hospital: Three terror arrests after explosion kills one person and injures another". Sky News.
External links
- Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Media related to Liverpool Women's Hospital at Wikimedia Commons
