Causeway Hospital
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Causeway Hospital
Causeway Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Causeway Hospital
Location in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationColeraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Coordinates55°07′24″N 6°39′04″W / 55.1233°N 6.6512°W / 55.1233; -6.6512
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeDistrict General
History
Opened2002
Links
Websitewww.northerntrust.hscni.net/hospitals/209.htm

Causeway Hospital is an acute general hospital in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

History

The hospital, which replaced Coleraine Hospital and the Route Hospital in Ballymoney, was built at a cost of £55 million.[1] It was officially opened by First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan in April 2002.[2][3] In February 2003 it was designated as one of the nine acute hospitals in the acute hospital network of Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy 'Developing Better Services'.[4]

References

  1. "New Causeway hospital opens". BBC. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "Council Minutes" (PDF). Coleraine Borough Council. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. "Causeway Hospital a sign of Executive's "commitment to health"". Daily Northern Island News. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. Department of Health NI. "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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