Denbigh Community Hospital

Denbigh Community Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Cymunedol Dinbych) is a community hospital in Denbigh, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

Denbigh Community Hospital
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Denbigh Community Hospital
Shown in Denbighshire
Geography
Location	Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
Coordinates	53.1859°N 3.4089°W / 53.1859; -3.4089
Organisation
Care system	Local authority and private subscription to 1948; NHS from 1948
Type	Community hospital
History
Opened	1807
Links
Website	www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/42923
Lists	Hospitals in Wales

History

The hospital has its origins in the Denbighshire Dispensary which became the first voluntary hospital in Wales when it was established in Park Street in 1807.^[1] A purpose-built facility, which was designed by Thomas Harrison, was built in Park Street between 1810 and 1813.^[2] It started admitting inpatients and became the Denbighshire Infirmary and General Dispensary from March 1826.^[3]

It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and became a community hospital in the 1980s.^[4] The Princess Royal visited the hospital to celebrate its bi-centenary in October 2007.^[5]

References

1. "Denbighshire Community Hospital, Denbigh". National Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
2. Champness 2005, pp. 95–96.
3. "History of the Anesthesia Society 1846-1946" (PDF). Dr FE Bennetts. p. 33. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
4. "Denbigh Infirmary". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
5. "Princess Anne in helicopter fire alert". Wales Online. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

Sources

• Champness, John (2005), Thomas Harrison, Georgian Architect of Chester and Lancaster, 1744–1829, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, Lancaster University, ISBN 1-86220-169-2