Whiston Hospital

The original hospital at Whiston was established when Prescot Poor Law Union established the Prescot Union Workhouse on Warrington Road in 1843. In 1871 a new general hospital was built with a medical isolation unit added in 1887 for cases of cholera and other serious infectious diseases of the time. From 1904, to protect those from disadvantage in later life, birth certificates of infants born in the workhouse simply gave their address as 1 Warrington Road, Whiston. Renamed Whiston Hospital in 1953, the hospital expanded its range of specialties. To mark the completion of the project, the new hospital was officially opened by the Countess of Wessex on 24 April 2013. ==Facilities==

As a teaching hospital, it has well established educational and research relationships with the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University for medical, nursing and allied health professionals. Over 4,000 members of staff are employed across the organisation and as Lead Employer, on behalf of the Mersey Deanery, it is responsible for an additional 2,000 trainee speciality doctors based in hospitals and GP practice placements throughout Merseyside and Cheshire. Whiston Hospital offers the full range of acute healthcare services along with specialist burn care in the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre, serving a population of over 6 million people across Merseyside, Cheshire and other parts of northwest England, as well as North Wales and the Isle of Man. ==Notable births==

• Melanie C, singer with the Spice Girls • Steven Gerrard, footballer and manager • Kym Marsh, singer with Hear'Say • Dave McCabe, singer and guitarist with The Zutons • Willy Russell, playwright and composer • William Snowden, cricketer ==References==