Wolverhampton and District Hospital for Women

The first separate facilities for the treatment of women's diseases or obstetrics did not come until the establishment of the Women's Dispensary in 1886 which changed its name to the Wolverhampton and District Hospital for Women in 1889. The object of the hospital was to treat women "afflicted with diseases peculiar to their sex" and it consisted of in-patient and out-patient departments. The hospital was funded by voluntary donations and was initially in a house in St Mark's Place until it moved to new purpose built accomodation at Park Road West in 1904.

In 1926 there was a proposed merger with the Maternity Home at the District Nursing Association (but not the nursing association). The merger did not take place because the Hospital for Women strongly adhered to the principles of voluntary hospitals whereas the Maternity Home seems to have been a fee based institution. Both the Hospital for Women and District Nursing Association and Maternity Home amalgamated with the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton in 1928.

In 1975 gynaecological services were transferred to New Cross and the hospital was renamed West Park Hospital housing mainly geriatic patients. The building was finally demolished on 1978 and new accomodation was built for the West Park Hospital.