Originally Posted by
MarkA
1908 -
Highfield Infirmary, Old Swan, an epileptic home, was opened in 1903 by the
Liverpool Select Vestry. In 1922 Highfield Infirmary was transferred to the
Liverpool Corporation and it became the Highfield Sanatorium for tuberculosis
sufferers. In 1929 it changed its name to Broadgreen Sanatorium and later
became Broadgreen Hospital. Liverpool Record Office holds the records of
Broadgreen Hospital, 1931-1989 (ref: 614 BRO), but no earlier records for
Highfield Infirmary survive.
FROM THE LRO - slightly different dates
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The buildings on the outskirts of Liverpool that were later to house Broadgreen Hospital, were opened as an old people's home in 1906. After about 1925 there was a change of use and the institution became the Highfield Sanatorium for tuberculosis sufferers. In 1929 it changed its name to Broadgreen Sanatorium. During the Second World War a number of Liverpool city centre hospitals sustained bomb damage and as a result the sanatorium was pressed into service as a general hospital. This development into a general hospital continued after the Second World War and in about 1946 the sanatorium changed its name to Broadgreen Hospital to reflect its changed role. In 1948 the hospital became part of the National Health Service and in 1991 became an independent NHS trust. In 1995 the Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital trusts were merged.
Mart
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