Bangor Community Hospital

The Bangor Community Hospital is a health facility in Castle Street, Bangor, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.

Bangor Community Hospital
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Bangor Community Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
Location	Castle Street, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.6587°N 5.6626°W / 54.6587; -5.6626
Organisation
Care system	Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
Type	Community
History
Opened	1910

History

The facility, which was designed by Young and MacKenzie in the neo-Georgian style, was opened as Bangor Cottage Hospital in 1910.^[1] It was extended in 1925 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it evolved to become Bangor Community Hospital.^[2] Despite a local campaign to stop the closure,^[3] a 20-bed inpatient ward was closed in June 2015.^[4]

References

1. "Co. Down, Bangor, Castle Street, Hospital". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
2. "Emergency Care in Northern Ireland: 2012/13 update" (PDF). Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
3. "Bangor Community Hospital ward's closure was unlawful, but it stays shut". Belfast Telegraph. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
4. "Anger as trust sticks with plans to axe 20-bed ward at Bangor Community Hospital". Belfast Telegraph. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2020.