Caerphilly District Miners Hospital | |
Map Type: | Wales Caerphilly |
Location: | Caerphilly |
Region: | Caerphilly County Borough |
State: | Wales |
Country: | UK |
Coordinates: | 51.5693°N -3.2322°W |
Healthcare: | NHS |
Type: | Community Hospital |
Emergency: | No |
Founded: | 1923 |
Closed: | 2011 |
Caerphilly District Miners’ Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty'r Glowyr Caerffili) was a community hospital in Caerphilly, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
The hospital was established in a private house known as "The Beeches" which was acquired from Frederick Piggott, a mining contractor.[1] It was commissioned to provide healthcare to the miners, who worked in the local pits, and their families.[1] The hospital received its first patient on 2 July 1923.[1] In the 1940s the hospital broadened its services to the whole community rather than just miners and their families.[1] In 1945 the Hospital Board acquired Redbrook House, another large property, and converted it into a nurses' home.[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]
After services transferred to Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr at Ystrad Mynach,[2] [3] Caerphilly District Miners Hospital closed in November 2011.[4] The site was subsequently redeveloped for housing and the main hospital building converted into a community centre.[5]