Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital Explained

Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital
Org/Group:Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Location:Grosvenor Road, Belfast
Country:Northern Ireland
Healthcare:Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
Type:Specialist
Speciality:Maternity
Founded:1794
Map Type:Northern Ireland

The Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital is a maternity facility in Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

History

The facility has its origins in a private house in Donegall Street where a lying-in hospital was established in 1794.[1] It moved to larger premises in Townsend Street in November 1904.[1] The current facility was built on a site previously occupied by the Belfast Asylum, to the immediate south of the Royal Victoria Hospital.[2] It was officially opened by Lucy Baldwin in October 1933.[3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1] After services were transferred from the Jubilee Maternity Hospital, which had been the maternity unit at the Belfast City Hospital, in May 2000, the facility at Grosvenor Road was renamed the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Two Hundred Years of Midwifery 1806 – 2006. 2006. Journal of the Ulster Medical Society. 1891762. O'Sullivan. J. F.. The Ulster Medical Journal. 75. 3. 213–222. 16964815.
  2. Book: Houston . J K. O'sullivan. J F. Belfast. 1986. Midwifery in the Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland, 1842–1985.
  3. The Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast Fifty Glorious Years 1933-1983. 20 October 1983. J. McD. G.. Harley. The Ulster Medical Journal. 53. 1. 1–17. Journal of the Ulster Medical Society. 6380072. 2448055.
  4. Web site: Court overturns maternity decision. BBC. 29 November 2000. 27 March 2020.