Daisy Hill Hospital

Daisy Hill Hospital
Newry and Mourne HSS Trust
Geography
Location	Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	District General
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	150
History
Founded	1920s
Links
Website	http://www.newryandmournetrust.n-i.nhs.uk/index.html Trust
Lists	Hospitals in Northern Ireland

Daisy Hill Hospital (Irish: Otharlann Chnoc na Nóiníní)is a local general hospital located in Newry, Northern Ireland.

The hospital currently houses a neo-natal unit, A&E department, outpatients department and a minor surgery suite. Attached to the hospital is on-site accomadtion for nursing staff and an ambulance station.

It is part of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, which became operational on 1 April 2007 following the amalgamation of Craigavon Area Hospital Group, Craigavon and Banbridge Community, Newry and Mourne and Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trusts.^[1] It is situated on the Hospital Road and backs onto the A25 Camlough Road.

In the early 1990's Daisy Hill became the only hospital in Newry & Mourne as services were gradually withdrawn from St. John of God Hospital, also in Newry, which then became St. John's House, a dedicated hospice for children and adults suffering from terminal illnesses.

New hospital

A £130m business case for the building of a new hospital on the existing Daisy Hill site has been submitted by the Trust. An allocation for modernisation and development of services was included in the £2.9billion investment programme announced for health and social services over the next ten years in the Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland in December 2005.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Southern Health and Social Care Trust". Southern Health and Social Care Trust. http://www.southerntrust.hscni.net/. Retrieved 2008-06-16. 
2. ^ "Health Minister visits Daisy Hill Hospital Newry". Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety - News Releases (25 May 2006). http://archive.nics.gov.uk/hss/060525e-hss.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-16. 

Coordinates: 54°10′48″N 6°21′04″W / 54.180°N 6.351°W / 54.180; -6.351