4,100 staff work across the hospitals and provide access to care for a population of over 500,000 people.
In 2019 it began discussions of a merger with Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
[2] Warrington Hospital has what is said to be the oldest fax machine in the NHS, purchased by the trust in 1998.
[5] Opened in December 2008 this 39-bed facility in the Orford area of Warrington was run by the hospital trust and offered therapy and rehabilitation for people who no longer require medical care in an acute hospital bed but need some further support before returning home.
The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/15 winter.