The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility on Abbey Road, Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
| Muckamore Abbey Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Belfast Health and Social Care Trust | |
 Muckamore Abbey Hospital | |
  Location in Northern Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Abbey Road, Muckamore, Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°41′32″N 6°11′19″W / 54.6923°N 6.1887°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1949 |
History
editThe facility, which is located just south of a ruined Augustinian priory,[1] opened as a mental health facility in 1949.[2][3] A "special care colony" for people with an intellectual disability, with capacity of up to 1,000 patients, was added in 1958.[4] Following a 2019 investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Muckamore Abbey, County Antrim: geophysical report" (PDF). Queen's University, Belfast. p. 23. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Montgomery and Armstrong". Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Muckamore Abbey Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Prior, Pauline M. (2012). Asylums, Mental Health Care and the Irish: 1800-2010. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0716531524.
- ^ "Muckamore: Hospital 'should close', review author warns". BBC. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
Further reading
edit- Montgomery, Ian; Armstrong, Joe (2012). From Special Care to Specialist Treatment: A History of Muckamore Abbey Hospital. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 978-1908448484.