Chepstow Community Hospital
Hospital in Monmouthshire, Wales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chepstow Community Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Cymunedol Cas-gwent) is a community hospital located on the east side of St Lawrence Road in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
| Chepstow Community Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Aneurin Bevan University Health Board | |
Entrance to Chepstow Community Hospital | |
  Shown in Monmouthshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°38′23″N 2°41′05″W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Community hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
History
The site selected had previously been occupied by Mount Pleasant Hospital, a facility which had been built by the Admiralty for workers at the National Shipyard in Chepstow in 1917. It was used by ex-servicemen more generally from 1919, and later by the community as a whole. The new community hospital incorporates the old Admiralty portico moulding from the front façade of the old hospital.[1] St Lawrence Hospital, an old hospital specialising in burns, had been located on the western side of St Lawrence Road.[2][3]
The new 87-bed hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative in 1997. It was built by Skanska at a cost of £10 million, accepted its first patients in February 2000 and was officially opened by Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM MP, the First Minister of Wales in October 2000.[4][5]
The minor injuries unit closed in November 2011.[6] In March 2013 a local councillor raised concerns that the hospital was just becoming a "glorified health centre".[7]