The Walton Centre
| Walton Centre | |
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| The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust | |
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Main Entrance, Lower Lane
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| Geography | |
| Location | Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 7LJ. |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Liverpool, Edge Hill University, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 157 |
| Speciality | Neurology and Neurosurgery |
| History | |
| Founded | 1941 as the Walton Centre for Neurology at Walton Hospital |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk |
Coordinates: 53°28′00″N 2°55′52″W / 53.46654°N 2.9310°W
The Walton Centre, formerly known as the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, is a major neurology hospital located in the suburb of Fazakerley; in the city of Liverpool, England. It is one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region; alongside Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
The Walton Centre is the only specialist neurosciences NHS trust in the country, dedicated to providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical and pain management services. The majority of patients originate from Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, Lancashire and the Isle of Man; but for some specialist treatments of complex disorders the centre sees patients from all regions of the United Kingdom, referred by their general practitioner (GP) or other hospitals.
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