Broadgreen Hospital

Broadgreen Hospital
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
Shared Broadgreen Hospital and LHCH Main Entrance
Geography
Location	Thomas Drive, Broadgreen, Liverpool, Merseyside, L14 3LB.
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University
Services
Emergency department	No
Beds	180
Speciality	Diagnostic Treatment Centre, Urology, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation.
Links
Website	http://www.rlbuht.nhs.uk

University of Liverpool,

Broadgreen Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the suburb of Broadgreen; in the city of Liverpool, England. Alongside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Liverpool University Dental Hospital in the city centre; the hospital belongs to and operates on behalf of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The hospital shares its main buildings with Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Although the two NHS Trusts are completely separate from one another in the provision of services, they are often collectively referred to as Broadgreen.

Broadgreen Hospital also contains Liverpool's only broadcasting hospital radio service. Radio Broadgreen broadcasts live from within the hospital and broadcasts 50 hours of live programming a week through volunteers.

Broadgreen was first established as an epileptic home and later as a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis in the early 20th century, when it was then known as Highfield Infirmary. Following the bombing of city centre hospitals during World War II, and the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948; Broadgreen was expanded into a large district general hospital with a full range of medical and surgical acute services.

Following a review of local health care provisions within the city in 1989, and the ongoing reforms of the NHS; the conservative government of the time opted to close the hospital's accident and emergency department and centralise the facility elsewhere. Despite much local opposition to the move, some of which continues; acute services at Broadgreen were significantly downsized as a result. In April 1995, Broadgreen Hospital NHS Trust merged with Royal Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust to become Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. Subsequently, all emergency and high dependency services including the A&E department and ICU; were later transferred to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.