Gorseinon Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Gorseinon) is a rehabilitation hospital in Gorseinon, Wales. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Gorseinon Hospital | |
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Swansea Bay University Health Board | |
Geography | |
Location | Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°40′20″N 4°02′53″W / 51.6722°N 4.0480°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Wales |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
Speciality | Rehabilitation |
History | |
Opened | 1936 |
History
editThe hospital was established by William Rufus Lewis, proprietor of the local woolen mill firm of William Lewis & Sons,[1] in 1936.[2] It joined the National Health Service as a general hospital in 1948 but subsequently developed a large maternity department and became the Gorseinon General and Maternity Hospital.[3] It specialised as a rehabilitation hospital in the early 1990s and then developed a treatment centre to help patients with Parkinson's disease in 2004.[4]
References
edit- ^ Davies, D. Tom. "The Industrial Revolution in Tir Y Brenin (Gorseinon)". Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "William Rufus Lewis, Gorseinon Hospital, Wales". Waymarking. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Gorseinon Hospital, Swansea". National Archives. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Parkinson's Treatment Centre, Gorseinon Hospital". Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. Retrieved 23 February 2019.