St Luke's Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
St Luke's Hospital | |
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Southern Health and Social Care Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Armagh, County Armagh,, Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°21′44″N 6°39′08″W / 54.36209°N 6.65225°W |
Organisation | |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1825 |
Links | |
Website | www |
History
editThe hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Armagh Asylum in 1825.[1] It expanded with the opening of the Hill Building in 1898.[2] Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and various facilities including inpatient dementia care and inpatient addiction services have been progressively withdrawn.[3]
References
edit- ^ "County Armagh, Armagh, District Lunatic Asylum". Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "£600,000 facelift sees iconic St Luke's Hill Building preserved for future generations". Armagh I. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Inpatient addiction services to be axed at St Luke's Hospital next week". Armagh I. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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