Ruthin Community Hospital

Ruthin Community Hospital
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ruthin Community Hospital
Shown in Denbighshire
Geography
Location	Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
Coordinates	53°06′47″N3°18′11″W / 53.1130°N 3.3030°W / 53.1130; -3.3030
Organisation
Care system	Local authority and private subscription to 1948; NHS from 1948
Type	Community hospital
History
Opened	1914
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Wales

Ruthin Community Hospital (Welsh : Ysbyty Cymunedol Rhuthun) is a community hospital in Ruthin, Wales. It is managed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

History

The hospital, which was designed as an infirmary for the Ruthin Union Workhouse, actually first saw use as convalescent home during the First World War. ^[1] It became an acute general hospital in the 1930s, a hospital managed by GPs in the 1950s and a community hospital in the 1980s. ^[1] In July 2012 the health board announced that the minor injuries unit would close and X-ray services would no longer be provided. ^[2]

References

1. "Ruthin Community Hospital". Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
2. "GP concern over Betsi Cadwaladr board's hospital plan". BBC. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2019.