About the Unit
The Heart Centre at Alder Hey is commissioned to provide Level 1 service for paediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). We provide highly specialised care including diagnostics, catheter interventions and surgeries in children and young people. The Heart Centre is the regional referral centre for the North West of England (including Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria), North and Mid Wales and the Isle of Man with a catchment area of about 11 million people.
Our clinicians carry out approximately 450 major heart operations and 400 key-hole interventions per year. In addition we see approximately 20,000 outpatients per year at Alder Hey and our network clinics closer to the patient's home.
The Heart Centre also forms partnership with closely situated Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, for early detection and prenatal monitoring of CHD, as well as ensuring seamless transition of care when patients reach adulthood. This allows us to deliver high quality service in a single pathway for patients of all ages with a Heart defects.
Getting there
Alder Hey’s main campus in situated the West Derby area of Liverpool, a five-minute drive from the M62 and easily accessible by public transport. You can get directions to Alder Hey from Google Maps.
Sat nav – Main entrance
The main entrance to Alder Hey is on East Prescot Road. If you’re travelling by car please use the sat-nav postcode L14 5AB.
Cars should enter the hospital site from East Prescot Road and use the drop-off facilities near the East Prescot Road entrance, or use the multi-storey car park, which has its own entrance to the hospital.
Sat nav - the Emergency Department
To access the Emergency Department by car, access via Eaton Road where there is a short stay car park and drop-off facility.
Please use sat-nav postcode L12 2AP.
Car Parking
There is a height restriction of 2.2m for our multi-storey car park.
Charges to parking are applied at an hourly rate. When entering the multi-storey car park you will receive a yellow token. To pay, please insert your token into the yellow payment machines situated in the atrium of the hospital.
Drop off
There is a drop off section on East Prescot road which can be used for pick up and drop off only. Taxis can also be taken from here.
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
To avoid issues with accessing the multi-storey car park, please use the entrance on Eaton Road and park large wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Blue Badge holders
There are dedicated car parking spaces for Blue Badge holders on each floor of the multi-storey car park. Please ensure a Blue Badge is clearly displayed when parking in a dedicated Blue Badge bay. Please note, all car park users (including Blue Badge holders) are required to pay for on-site parking at the hospital.
Public transport
The following buses stop at East Prescot Road, outside Alder Hey and other surrounding roads;
- No. 15 (Eaton Road)
- No. 61 (East Prescot Road)
- No. 61A (East Prescot Road)
- No. 102 (Eaton Road)
- No. 8 (East Prescot Road)
- No. 9 (East Prescot Road)
- No. 10 (East Prescot Road)
- No. 10A (East Prescot Road)
Broad Green station is approximately 1.5 miles away which connects with Liverpool Lime Sreet, Wigan and Manchester. We recommend using Merseyside Journey Planner to find the best route for you.
Contact
Tel: 0151 228 4811
Unit Website: https://alderhey.nhs.uk/services/heart-centre-alder-hey
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