Prince Charles Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty'r Tywysog Siarl) is a district general hospital in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
| Prince Charles Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board | |
  Shown in Merthyr Tydfil | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°45′51″N 3°23′06″W / 51.7641°N 3.3849°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Wales |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Links | |
| Website | cwmtafmorgannwg |
History
editConstruction of the first phase of the new hospital began in 1972 and it was officially opened in 1978.[1] Services were transferred from Merthyr General Hospital in 1986, and once a second phase of the Prince Charles Hospital had been completed in 1991, services also transferred from Buckland Hospital.[2]
A new Emergency Care Centre opened in 2012[3] and the complete refurbishment of the whole hospital was approved by the Welsh Government in October 2013.[4]
As part of a £6m revamp, a new state-of-the-art maternity unit was unveiled at the hospital in 2019.[5]
A hospital helipad was installed in 2017 at the cost of £700,000 and intended to be used for emergency night-time takeoffs and landings by rescue helicopters. In 2019 it had yet to be used because of a lack of adequate fencing and lights, which has raised safety concerns.[6]
The hospital's maternity services were put into special measures in 2019 after concerns were raised about the treatment of mothers and their babies.[7] There were also concerns about the standard of care affording to a cancer patient who died in the hospital.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Prince Charles Hospital". Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Prince Charles Hospital". Merthyr History. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Minister opens Prince Charles Hospital's emergency care centre". Welsh Government. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Approval for Prince Charles Hospital refurbishment". Welsh Government. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "First look inside the new state-of-the-art maternity unit at Prince Charles Hospital". Wales Online. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Hospital's brand new £700,000 helipad has never been used despite being built two and a half years ago". Wales Online. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Hammond, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP-Helen (28 June 2019). "Cwm Taf maternity services failings result in special measures amid deeply troubling accounts from parents". Lexology. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Catalogue of failings in cancer patient's hospital care". BBC News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.