St Austell Community Hospital

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 / 50.3269; -4.7726
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Community
History
Opened	1970s
Links
Website	www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/st-austell-community/
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]

References

1. "St Austell". Workhouses. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
2. White, Christopher P. (2009). "NHS resource allocation 1997 to 2003 with particular reference to the impact on rural areas" (PDF). University of St. Andrews. p. 15. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
3. Storey, Tony (2002). "The Sawle Family of Penrice, Cornwall". Sole Society. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
4. "No. 48341". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 October 1980. p. 14371.
5. "Why Cornwall's hospices are not just the place to die - an uplifting look behind the scenes at Mount Edgcumbe and St Julia's". Cornwall Live. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
6. "Cornwall bucks negative trend as midwife-led birthing centre opens 24/7". Cornwall Live. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

External links

• Official website