Banbridge Hospital

Banbridge Hospital
Banbridge Hospital
Banbridge Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Banbridge Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationMeeting House Road, Banbridge, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°20′53″N 6°16′36″W / 54.3480°N 6.2766°W / 54.3480; -6.2766
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeCommunity
History
Opened1841
Closed1995

Banbridge Hospital was a health facility in Meeting House Road, Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

History

The facility has its origins in the Banbridge Union Workhouse which was designed by George Wilkinson and was completed in June 1841.[1] It became Banbridge District Hospital in 1932 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it evolved to become Banbridge Hospital.[2] Despite some investment in surgical wards in the 1980s, the hospital closed in 1995.[3] The old hospital was subsequently demolished and the new Banbridge Health and Care Centre opened on part of the site in 2016.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Banbridge". Workhouses. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Banbridge Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Hospitals (Northern Ireland)". Hansard. 5 March 1997. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Work gathers pace on new health centre". Banbridge Leader. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.


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