Cannock Chase Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
Location: | Cannock Chase |
Region: | Staffordshire |
State: | England |
Country: | UK |
Healthcare: | NHS |
Type: | Community |
Founded: | 1991 |
Map Type: | Staffordshire |
Coordinates: | 52.6926°N -2.0303°W |
Cannock Chase Hospital is a community hospital in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. It is managed by Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
The facility has its origins in an infirmary built for the Cannock Chase Workhouse in 1870.[1] The infirmary was completely rebuilt in 1902.[1] This facility joined the National Health Service in 1948 as Chase Hospital.[1] The current hospital, which replaced the aging Chase Hospital and was managed by Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, was completed in 1991.[2] In October 2014 it was announced that Cannock Chase Hospital would be transferred to the management of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.[3]