Pontypridd Cottage Hospital

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Pontypridd Cottage Hospital
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
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Pontypridd Cottage Hospital
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Shown in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Geography
LocationHospital Road, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Coordinates 51°36′08″N3°19′33″W / 51.6023°N 3.3259°W / 51.6023; -3.3259
Organisation
Care system NHS Wales
Type General
History
Opened1911
Links
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Pontypridd Cottage Hospital (Welsh : Ysbyty Bwthyn Pontypridd) is a health facility on Hospital Road, in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

History

The facility was financed by subscriptions from local miners and opened as Pontypridd & District Cottage Hospital in February 1911. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. In 2017, it was announced that all cancer services for the county, which had previously been provided at the hospital, would transfer to new facilities at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. [2] The local health board has announced plans to sell the hospital. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pontypridd Common Walk" (PDF). Rhondda Cynon Taf. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Cancer unit at Royal Glamorgan Hospital planned". BBC. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Hospital maintenance: Backlogs faced by health boards in Wales". BBC. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.


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