Moyle Hospital
Moyle Hospital | |
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Northern Health and Social Care Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Gloucester Avenue, Larne, Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°51′17″N 5°49′03″W / 54.8546°N 5.8174°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
Type | General |
History | |
Opened | 1842 |
The Moyle Hospital is a health facility in Gloucester Avenue, Larne, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
History
[edit]The facility has its origins in the Larne Union Workhouse which was designed by George Wilkinson and was completed in October 1842.[1] It became Larne District Hospital in 1929 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, became known as Moyle Hospital.[2] X-Ray services were suspended at the hospital in January 2017.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Larne". Workhouses. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Moyle Hospital, Larne". National Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Trust deny bid to shut Moyle Hospital 'by back door'". Larne Times. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2020.