Alder Hey
| Alder Hey Children's Hospital | |
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| Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust | |
The main entrance on East Prescot Road
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| Geography | |
| Location | East Prescot Road, Liverpool, L14 5AB Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP (A&E Entrance) |
| Coordinates | 53°25′14″N 2°53′48″W / 53.42053°N 2.89677°WCoordinates: 53°25′14″N 2°53′48″W / 53.42053°N 2.89677°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency; Children's Major Trauma Centre |
| Beds | 309 |
| Speciality | Children's hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Links | |
| Website |
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Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a major national children's hospital and NHS foundation trust located in the suburb of West Derby; in the city of Liverpool, England. It is one of the largest children's hospitals in the United Kingdom and Europe, and one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region; alongside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, The Walton Centre, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
The hospital was founded in 1914. During the First World War, the United States Army established Camp Hospital 40 on the site, operated by Hospital Unit Q and, subsequently, Unit W. American sources commonly refer to Alder Hey as being within Liverpool's Knotty Ash area.
In 1990 when Myrtle Street Children's Hospital (previously Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, opened 1869) closed, Alder Hey absorbed its A&E department. The hospital became an NHS hospital trust in 1991. It currently employs about 2,400 staff and treats over 270,000 children from across the UK each year.
In August 2008 the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust became an NHS foundation trust and changed its name.
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