A message on behalf of the Queen has been sent to Arrowe Park Hospital, 40 years after Her Majesty opened it.
On May 4, 1982, the Queen officially opened the Wirral hospital. Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust, which runs Arrowe Park, wrote to the Queen letting her know about the anniversary.
Janelle Holmes, the Trust’s chief executive, then received a special letter from Buckingham Palace. It read: “The Queen has asked me to thank you for your kind letter on behalf of Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, sent on the occasion of the hospital’s Fortieth Anniversary which is being celebrated on May 4.