The Walton Centre

The Walton Centre NHS Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool, is the UK's only NHS Trust for neuroscience and neurosurgery. It provides services in neurology, neurosurgery and pain relief.

The Walton Centre achieved NHS Trust status in 1992. It serves a population of approximately 3.5 million people from the Merseyside, North West, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man catchment area. The model of care operated by The Centre, aims to ensure that the benefits of highly specialised care are taken as close as possible to the homes of the patients we care for.

Many of the Consultants deliver clinics in a large number of satellite hospitals throughout the geographical area that we serve.

The Walton Centre has been recognised as one of the UK's leading Neurosurgery Hospital and despite NHS cuts and over exaggerated targets the expert excellent dedicated staff always provided excellent care and service to its patients.

The wards in the hospital are all named after pioneering Neurosurgeons in the 20th & 21st Century.

Aside from leading patient care The Walton Centre is in the top four NHS Hospitals in the UK for purchasing and I.T. systems.

In 2007, Walton Hospital was closed down and services moved to Fazakerly site.