The hospital has its origins in the Anlaby Road Institution Infirmary which was built between 1912 and 1914 to serve the sick from the local workhouse.

[1] During the First World War, the hospital was expanded to receive casualties from the Western Front who had arrived, often badly wounded, at Paragon Station.

[2] It became a naval hospital for injured sailors in April 1917.

[2] It joined the National Health Service as the Western General Hospital in 1948 and, after services transferred to the Hull Royal Infirmary, it closed in 1966.

[3] The building, which became known as the Haughton Building,[4] continued to be used by the Hull Royal Infirmary for storage purposes until it was demolished to make way for a helipad in 2017.