Mid-Ulster Hospital

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Mid-Ulster Hospital
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
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Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
Location Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°45′42″N6°37′00″W / 54.7617°N 6.6167°W / 54.7617; -6.6167
Organisation
Care system Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
Type District General
Services
Emergency department Minor injuries unit
History
Opened1842
Links
Website www.northerntrust.hscni.net/hospitals/307.htm
Lists Hospitals in Northern Ireland

Mid-Ulster Hospital is a local general hospital in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Magherafelt Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and completed in 1842. [1] A fever hospital was built on the site in 1847. [1] The infirmary became Magherafelt and District Hospital in August 1945 and subsequently evolved to become the Mid-Ulster Hospital. [1] In February 2003 the hospital was designated as a local hospital in support of the network of nine acute hospitals in Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy 'Developing Better Services'. [2] The maternity department closed in 2006 [3] and the accident & emergency department was closed (losing the hospital its acute status) and replaced with a minor injuries unit in 2010. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Magherafelt". Workhouses. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Department of Health NI. "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hospitals' services to be reduced". BBC. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mid-Ulster Hospital: Minor Injuries Unit". Northern Ireland Assembly. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

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