Ludlow Hospital

The facility has its origins in the Ludlow Poor Law Workhouse which was established in 1833.^[1] The facility was converted into a hospital and joined the National Health Service as Ludlow Hamlet Hospital in 1948.^[2] It became Ludlow Hospital in 1982.^[2][3]

After plans for a new hospital for Ludlow were dropped in 2013, the existing hospital was renovated in 2014.^[4] Local campaigners have been fearful that the hospital - and particularly inpatient provision - is under threat. Bed numbers have been officially reduced from 40 to 24.^[5]

• NHS Choices Ludlow Community Hospital
• Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Ludlow