The hospital was opened in 1970 to replace the Jubilee Cottage Hospital on Beacon Edge, Fairhill Fever Hospital, and the maternity home at the former workhouse in Castletown. The hospital comprises wards for the elderly and mental health care, a minor injuries and Primary Care Assessment unit, a small maternity wing and the Lady Anne Clifford Day Hospital. Various weekly clinics are held at the hospital and the health centre alongside, which opened in 1983 and brought all three of Penrith's NHS medical practices into one building (two have since merged). There is also a pharmacy within the centre.