H.M. Stanley Hospital

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H.M. Stanley Hospital
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
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H.M. Stanley Hospital
H.M. Stanley Hospital is located in Denbighshire
H.M. Stanley Hospital
Shown in Denbighshire
Geography
LocationSt Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales
Coordinates53°15′08″N 3°26′06″W / 53.2521°N 3.4351°W / 53.2521; -3.4351Coordinates: 53°15′08″N 3°26′06″W / 53.2521°N 3.4351°W / 53.2521; -3.4351
Organisation
Care systemLocal authority and private subscription to 1948; NHS from 1948
TypeCommunity hospital
History
Opened1839
Closed2012
Links
ListsHospitals in Wales

H.M. Stanley Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty H.M. Stanley) was a community hospital in St Asaph, Wales. It was managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

History[]

The hospital had its origins in the St. Asaph Union Workhouse which was designed by John Welch and completed in 1839.[1] The workhouse became home to Henry Morton Stanley, who went on to become an adventurer and journalist, in 1847.[1] A new infirmary was built in 1903.[1] The workhouse became the St Asaph Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service as the H.M. Stanley Hospital, named after its famous student, in 1948.[2]

After the health board found that the hospital would need substantial refurbishment work to restore it to a status that was fit for purpose, services at the hospital were transferred to other hospitals, including a new eye unit at Abergele Hospital[3] and it closed in April 2012.[2] The site remains the headquarters of the Welsh Ambulance Service.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "St Asaph". Workhouses. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "HM Stanley Hospital closed and put on market for sale". BBC News. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Hospital eye services in £1.5m switch from St Asaph to Abergele". Denbighshire Free Press. North Wales News. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Charity". Charity Commission. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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