Arrowe Park Hospital

Name :

Arrowe Park Hospital

Address  :

Arrowe Park Road
Upton

Town  :

Wirral

State  :

Merseyside

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

CH49 5PE

Phone  :

0151 678 5111

Fax  :

0151 604 7148

Web URL  :


Description

Arrowe Park Hospital
Arrowe Park Hospital is a flagship hospital located in the heart of the Wirral peninsula Here as well as the full range of acute health services for adults and children we run an Accident amp Emergency AampE unit a Maternity Unit and a WalkIn Centre

A new annexe houses our Fracture amp Orthopaedic Clinic which has its own dedicated Xray suite and will treat up to 30000 patients a year The two upper floors contain a state of the art staff education centre

A dedicated Children and Young Persons Unplanned Care Unit opened in November 2006 Youngsters requiring emergency or urgent care are treated here It is based within the A amp E department and is run jointly by A amp E and the Childrens departments The facility also includes an assessment unit for GP referrals Here young patients see a specialist doctor or be observed before a decision is made on whether they should be admitted to our Childrens Ward
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