Banbridge Hospital
Banbridge Hospital was a health facility in Meeting House Road, Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
| Banbridge Hospital | |
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 Banbridge Hospital | |
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  Location in Northern Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Meeting House Road, Banbridge, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54.3480°N 6.2766°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
| Type | Community |
| History | |
| Opened | 1841 |
| Closed | 1995 |
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
- "Banbridge". Workhouses. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Banbridge Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Hospitals (Northern Ireland)". Hansard. 5 March 1997. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Work gathers pace on new health centre". Banbridge Leader. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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