St Austell Community Hospital
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St Austell Community Hospital is a health facility in Porthpean Road, St Austell, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
| St Austell Community Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
St Austell Community Hospital | |
 Shown in Cornwall | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Porthpean Road, St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50.3269°N 4.7726°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Community |
| History | |
| Opened | 1970s |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The facility was commissioned to replace the aging Sedgemoor Priory Hospital[1] and was the first community hospital in Cornwall that did not pre-date the formation of the National Health Service.[2] It was financed in part by a legacy from Joan Rosemary Cobbold-Sawle and opened as Penrice Hospital in the 1970s.[3][4] The Mount Edgcumbe Hospice was built on the same site, just to the north of the hospital, and was completed in 1980.[5] In April 2019, the birthing centre at the hospital started providing birthing, postnatal stays and assessment services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[6]
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