This was established as a Miners’ Rehabilitation Centre at Oakmere
in 1943. Oakmere Hall was bought by the Miners’ Welfare Commission
to care for injured miners and to enable them to return to work as soon
as possible. It provuided a rehabilitation service to North Wales and Lancashire
coalfields. It became part of the NHS in 1951 and became a treatmant
centre for injured men from any industries. From 1968 it accepted male
and female out-patients mostly from the Vale Royal district of Cheshire.
From 1974 it was administered by Mersey Regional Health Authority. By that
date its scope hgad extended to include patients with various injuries
as well as diseases e.g. neurological disorders, strokes. Children with
cerebral palsy and spina-bifida were also treated. Inpatients and out-patients
also had access to physiotherapy and hydrotherapy in concentrated individual
programmes. In January 1978 the Hall was given Grade
11 listing by Vale Royal District.
"Delamere" by Frank A Latham, Printed by the Local History Group 1991.