Daisy Hill Hospital

Daisy Hill Hospital is an acute teaching hospital[1] located in Newry, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland.[2]

Daisy Hill Hospital
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Daisy Hill Hospital towering above Camlough Road
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationNewry, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54.180°N 6.351°W / 54.180; -6.351
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeDistrict General
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds150
History
Opened1841
Links
Websitewww.southerntrust.hscni.net/1540.htm

It is situated on the Hospital Road and backs onto the A25 Camlough Road. It is managed by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.[3]

History

The hospital has its origins in the Newry Union Workhouse and Infirmary completed in 1841.[4][5] Following a major fire, the facilities were rebuilt in 1902.[6] The facility was renamed Daisy Hill Hospital in the 1930s and a modern medical block was added in 1973.[6]

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'.[7]

An allocation for modernisation and development of facilities at the hospital was included in the £2.9 billion investment programme announced for health and social services over the following ten years, in the Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland, in December 2005.[8]

Following fears that the accident and emergency department would close, the Trust announced a reprieve in May 2017.[9]

University affiliations

The hospital is associated with the Queens University Belfast Medical School.[1]

References
  1. "Daisy Hill Hospital Becomes 'University Teaching Hospital'". Southern Health and Social Care Trust. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. Tuner, B, ed. (2006). The Statesman's Yearbook 2006: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1655.
  3. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. "The Southern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006". Legislation.gov.uk. The Stationery Office Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. "History of Newry Workhouse". Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. "Newry". Workhouses. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Hospital Was On Front-Line Of 'Troubles'". Newry Memoirs. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. Department of Health NI. "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. "Health Minister visits Daisy Hill Hospital Newry". Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. 25 May 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
  9. "Reprieve for Daisy Hill emergency department". Irish News. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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