The hospital has its origins in the accommodation provided for the treatment of infectious diseases for the Wirral Poor Law Union Workhouse in 1888. A purpose built infirmary block was erected in 1899. In 1930, with the end of the workhouse system, the site became the responsibility of
Cheshire County Council who renamed the facility Clatterbridge General Hospital. Following the opening of
Arrowe Park Hospital in 1982, many of the overlapping services closed at Clatterbridge in favour of the newer site, including
accident and emergency and
maternity. In 1992 the local health authorities were abolished and management of Clatterbridge Hospital passed to the newly founded Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust. Although the last of the old workhouse buildings were demolished in 1997, clinical services continue to be provided at the hospital. ==References==