Ulster Hospital

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Ulster Hospital
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
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Ulster Hospital
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Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
Location Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 54°35′49″N5°48′43″W / 54.597°N 5.812°W / 54.597; -5.812
Organisation
Care system Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
Type District General
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1872
Links
Website https://setrust.hscni.net
Lists Hospitals in Northern Ireland

The Ulster Hospital, commonly known as the Ulster, is a teaching hospital in Dundonald (at the eastern edge of Belfast) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballyregan, beside the A20 road. It provides acute services in the North Down, Ards and Castlereagh council areas, as well as east Belfast. It is managed by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.

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History

The hospital was first founded as the Ulster Hospital for Women and Sick Children in 1872. [1] It was initially located on Chichester Street in Belfast City Centre but moved to Templemore Avenue in Mountpottinger in 1892. [1]

The first X-ray machine at the hospital was installed in 1920 and Dr Beath was employed to operate it. [1]

While located in Mountpottinger the hospital was severely damaged in the Belfast Blitz in 1941. [2] It was relocated to Dundonald and renamed the Ulster Hospital. The 500-bed hospital on the new site was designed by renowned modernist architect Frederick Gibberd. [3] lt was opened in 1962 by the Duchess of Gloucester, who described it as ‘not only of functional excellence but also of distinctive beauty’. [4]

Over several decades demand on hospital inpatient services increased, and resulting shortfalls in bed capacity and funding were reported by the local news media around the millennium. [5] [6]

A redevelopment programme was announced in 2001, [7] and in February 2003 the hospital was designated as one of the nine acute hospitals in the acute hospital network of Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy 'Developing Better Services'. [8]

The redevelopment programme has included the building of a renal unit (completed in 2006), a maternity unit (completed in 2007), a multistorey car park (completed in 2007) and a critical care complex accommodating state-of-the-art intensive care unit, theatres, laboratories and a sterile services department (completed in 2010). [9] [10]

In June 2011, the Ulster Hospital was granted University Teaching Hospital status by Queen's University Belfast, and an undergraduate sub-deanery was created within the Trust. [11]

A new inpatient ward block was completed in April 2017 [9] and a new acute services block was opened in 2021. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Logan, H (August 1987). "The Ulster Hospital--a short history". The Ulster Medical Journal. 56 Suppl (Suppl): S57-64. PMC   2448186 . PMID   3328369.
  2. ↑ "Introduction to the Belfast Blitz". University of Ulster. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Gibberd". Gibberd - Architecture, Interiors, Conservation. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "East Belfast Revisited Volume 1". 17 November 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Doctor warns of risk to patients". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Consultant pleads for cash to tackle bed crisis". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cash boost for Ulster Hospital". BBC. 31 July 2001. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Department of Health NI (13 August 2015). "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Ulster Hospital Opens New Inpatient Ward Block". Down News. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Critical Care Complex, Ulster Hospital". Todd. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ulster Hospital Granted University teaching Status" (PDF). 20 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "Ulster Hospital: New £115m acute services block is hailed as a game-changer". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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