Ludlow Hospital

Coordinates: 52°22′23″N 2°42′50″W / 52.373°N 2.714°W / 52.373; -2.714

Ludlow Hospital
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
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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

  1. British Listed Buildings East Hamlet Hospital, Ludlow
  2. Ludlow Advertiser Major work starts at Ludlow Hospital (12 June 2014)
  3. "Ludlow Hospital wards merger going ahead despite protests". Shropshire Star. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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