Liverpool Hospitals - Fazakerley Hospital

In 1898, the Liverpool Corporation had bought the Harbreck House Estate, of 118 acres, for £39,915, for one of a series of new hospitals. 
Harbreck House (seen above) was part of the Leyland Estates in Fazakerley and had an amazing history before it became part of Fazakerley Hospital. Funds for the project were secured in 1899 and plans were drawn up by Thomas Shelmerdine for a new wing to Harbreck House, which was to be used as an administrative block for the hospital. This was to be called 'City Hospital North, for Infectious Diseases' and opened in three phases. Originally there was just Fazakerley sanatorium for tuberculosis patients and the City Hospital in Walton for infectious diseases like smallpox, polio and scarlet fever, which were very serious at that time. From any of these diseases there was no cure and the patients were given plenty of fresh air as an alternative. The sanatorium was a long-term hospital and patients would possibly stay there for as long as four years at a time. The first, the Fazakerley Annex, opened in 1901, and was a set of wooden buildings on the fields of the former Harbreck Farm of Higher Lane and, in 1903, the mansion was described as having been considerably extended to form an administrative department for the already existing smallpox pavilions. It was also providing accommodation for the staff and the cooking facilities for the whole hospital. The second phase was brick-built, and opened in 1906 near to the first set of buildings. In 1913 the third phase began on Sparrowhall Farm land. This was known commonly as the 'Sparrowhall Hospital', though its official name was the Infection Diseases Hospital.

In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, the hospital complex was taken over by the military to treat sick and injured soldiers. In this guise it was known as the 1st Western Military Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps, to treat military casualties, and it remained in the hands of the armed forces until the end of the conflict. Indeed Queen Mary visited Fazakerley in 1916 and four years later, 1920 saw the opening of Fazakerley Sanatorium for Tuberculosis. During World War II, patients were evacuated from Royal Southern Hospital to the main hospital which itself suffered bomb damage in 1940.

It became the 'Fazakerley Infectious Hospital' in 1947 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, in 1950 Fazakerley Sanatorium changed its name to Aintree Tuberculosis Hospital. 1965 saw work begin on a large new general district hospital and it became Fazakerley Hospital in 1968. The maternity unit was completed in 1969 and, after a major-rebuilding programme, the hospital reopened as the 'Fazakerley District General Hospital' in 1974, incorporating Fazakerley and Aintree hospitals buildings before, in 1996, the Walton Centre also moved on to the site. The earlier building is last recorded on the OS map of 1988 and was demolished sometime before 1992. It was in 1994/5 that Lancaster University Archaeological Unit carried out an excavation and numerous machine-made brick walls or cellars were found. It later became the 'University Hospital Aintree' in 1999 to reflect close links with Liverpool University before it became Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2006. In July 2016 the hospital, together with the Walton Centre, became the single receiving site for major trauma patients in Merseyside. An expanded urgent care and trauma centre was officially opened by the Duke of Cambridge in September 2017. 

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