Edward Hain Hospital

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Edward Hain Hospital
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Entrance to the Edward Hain Hospital (the road on the left)
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Shown in Cornwall
Geography
LocationAlbany Terrace, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Coordinates 50°12′29″N5°28′45″W / 50.2080°N 5.4793°W / 50.2080; -5.4793
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Community
History
Opened1920

Edward Hain Hospital is a health facility in Albany Terrace, St Ives, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The facility was commissioned as a memorial to Captain Edward Hain, [a] who had died in the First World War. [1] It was established by converting a large private property in Albany Terrace and it opened in 1920. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2] It closed temporarily due to fire safety issues in 2016 but then re-opened in 2019 as part of a pilot programme to provide facilities for local people who have recently been discharged from hospital. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ He was the son of Sir Edward Hain, the local member of parliament.

References

  1. 1 2 Stratton, Vivian A. "Lost Heir to the Hain Dynasty in Hospitals Naming" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Edward Hain Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Three years after it closed, patients in St Ives can still find a use for the Edward Hain hospital". Cornwall Reports. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.


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