Ludlow Hospital
Coordinates: 52°22′23″N 2°42′50″W / 52.373°N 2.714°W
| Ludlow Hospital | |
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ludlow, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Community |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Minor injuries unit |
| Beds | 40 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Ludlow Hospital is an NHS community hospital located in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Formerly managed by Shropshire County NHS Primary Care Trust, it is now run by the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust with some services provided by the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.
The hospital has a variety of outpatients departments, a minor injuries unit and a maternity department. It also has two inpatient wards used for rehabilitation and medicine for the elderly.
It is located on Gravel Hill (though the public car park entrance is off New Road) within the town of Ludlow. One building in the complex, the old workhouse built circa 1833, is Grade II listed.[1] It is sometimes called the East Hamlet hospital; this dates from when Ludlow had another hospital, on College Street.
After plans for a new hospital for Ludlow were dropped in 2013, the existing hospital was renovated in 2014.[2]
Local campaigners are fearful that the hospital - and particularly inpatient provision - is under threat. Bed numbers have been officially reduced from 40 to 24.[3]
References
- ↑ British Listed Buildings East Hamlet Hospital, Ludlow
- ↑ Ludlow Advertiser Major work starts at Ludlow Hospital (12 June 2014)
- ↑ "Ludlow Hospital wards merger going ahead despite protests". Shropshire Star. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
External links
- NHS Choices Ludlow Community Hospital
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Ludlow