Hoylake Cottage Hospital cay care centre plans approved

Apr 8 2009 Heswall News

A £1.5M project to build a day care centre at Hoylake Cottage has been given the green light.

Wirral Council has granted planning permission for the facility, which would be built on the site of the existing 100-year-old building.

The new centre would provide activities and entertainment for older people receiving care either at home or in the nursing centre.

The approval paves the way for the charitable trust to launch an appeal to fund the new building.

It follows the completion last year of a £3.25m, state of the art 60-bed nursing care facility on the Birkenhead Road site.

Hoylake Cottage closed as an NHS hospital in 1983 and support from the community kept it open as a centre for older people.

Chairman Michael Taylor said: “This is fantastic news for everyone who uses our services.

“Last year we opened a new 60-bed nursing centre and now we can work towards a first class new centre for our day care, so that our clients can enjoy the top quality facilities they deserve.”