Mid-Ulster Hospital
Mid-Ulster Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Lár Uladh) is an acute general hospital in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
| Mid-Ulster Hospital | |
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| Northern Health and Social Care Trust | |
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  Location in Northern Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54.7617°N 6.6167°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
| Type | District General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Minor injuries unit |
| History | |
| Opened | 1842 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
The hospital has its origins in the Magherafelt Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and completed in 1842.[1] A fever hospital was built on the site in 1847.[1] The infirmary became Magherafelt and District Hospital in August 1945 and subsequently evolved to become the Mid-Ulster Hospital.[1] 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'.[2] The maternity department closed in 2006[3] and the accident & emergency department was closed and replaced with a minor injuries unit in 2010.[4]
References
- "Magherafelt". Workhouses. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Department of Health NI. "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Hospitals' services to be reduced". BBC. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Mid-Ulster Hospital: Minor Injuries Unit". Northern Ireland Assembly. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Further reading
- Bell, Muriel; Moore, Mildred; Mawhinney, Graham (1998). A hospital at Magherafelt: the history of the Mid-Ulster Hospital from its origins, as Magherafelt Union Workhouse, in 1842. Ballinascreen Historical Society. ISBN 978-0952663942.