Whiston Hospital | |
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
Location within Merseyside | |
Geography | |
Location | Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 5DR |
Coordinates | 53°25′15″N 2°47′16″W / 53.42085°N 2.78768°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University |
Services | |
Emergency department | A&E, burn center |
Beds | 956[1] |
Speciality | Burns and Plastic Surgery |
History | |
Opened | 1843 as Prescot Union Workhouse |
Links | |
Website | sthk |
Whiston Hospital is an acute general hospital in Whiston, Merseyside, though its postal address places it in adjacent Prescot. The hospital is managed by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.