Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital

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Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital
Powys Teaching Health Board
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Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital
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Geography
LocationTemple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales
Coordinates 52°14′37″N3°22′36″W / 52.2435°N 3.3768°W / 52.2435; -3.3768
Organisation
Care system NHS Wales
Type Community
History
Opened1881
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Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital (Welsh : Ysbyty Coffa Rhyfel Sir Llandrindod Wells) is a health facility in Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales. It is managed by the Powys Teaching Health Board.

History

The facility was opened as the Llandrindod Wells Cottage Hospital and Convalescent Home in 1881. [1] In order to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the First World War, it was renamed the Llandrindod Wells Hospital and County War Memorial in 1924 [2] and joined the National Health Service as the Llandrindod Wells County War Memorial Hospital in 1948. [3] A new 16-bed renal unit opened at the hospital in spring 2012 [4] and a new Ithon birthing unit opened there in spring 2017. [5]

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References

  1. "Llandrindod Wells War Memorial Hospital; Convalescent Home (764)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "Deposit Service" (PDF). Llandrindod Wells Library. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "Llandrindod Hospital, Radnor". National Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. "Renal dialysis unit for Llandrindod Wells hospital". BBC. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. "Council minutes" (PDF). Llandrindod Wells Town Council. 18 April 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 24 March 2020.