Caerphilly District Miners Hospital | |
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board | |
![]() The Miners' Hospital before closure in 2011 | |
Geography | |
Location | Caerphilly, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°34′10″N 3°13′56″W / 51.56933°N 3.23217°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Community Hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
History | |
Opened | 1923 |
Closed | 2011 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
Caerphilly District Miners’ Hospital ( Welsh: Ysbyty'r Glowyr Caerffili) was a community hospital in Caerphilly, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
The hospital was established in a private house known as "The Beeches" which was acquired from Frederick Piggott, a mining contractor. [1] It was commissioned to provide healthcare to the miners, who worked in the local pits, and their families. [1] The hospital received its first patient on 2 July 1923. [1] In the 1940s the hospital broadened its services to the whole community rather than just miners and their families. [1] In 1945 the Hospital Board acquired Redbrook House, another large property, and converted it into a nurses' home. [1] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [1]
After services transferred to Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr at Ystrad Mynach, [2] [3] Caerphilly District Miners Hospital closed in November 2011. [4] The site was subsequently redeveloped for housing and the main hospital building converted into a community centre. [5]