Wirral Women and Children's Hospital is located on the Arrowe Park Hospital campus, in Upton, Wirral, Merseyside and was founded following a redevelopment of the maternity and gynaecology wing of Arrowe Park Hospital.
The original maternity and gynaecology unit was opened by, and dedicated to, the Duchess of Westminster.
[2] Phased redevelopment work that would see the children's wards and outpatient department move from the main hospital building over to the maternity and gynaecology annexe began in 2009.
[3] In March 2011, the remodelled Wirral Women and Children's Hospital was officially reopened by the Countess of Wessex.
[4] In 2012, the Wirral Women and Children's Hospital featured in the BBC Two documentary series The Midwives.