Amman Valley Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Dyffryn Aman) is a

community hospital A community hospital can be purely a nominal designation or have a more specific meaning. When specific, it refers to a hospital that is accessible to the general public, and provides a general or specific medical care which is usually short-term, ...

in Ammanford, Wales. It is managed by the

Hywel Dda University Health Board Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda) is the local health board of NHS Wales for the west of Wales. Established on 1 October 2009 from the merger of the Hywel Dda NHS Trust, the Pembrokeshire Local H ...

History

The hospital was established as the Amman Valley Cottage Hospital in 1936. The hospital joined the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

in 1948 and benefited from a new day care unit in 1995 and a new ophthalmology day case theatre in 2001.

References

NHS hospitals in Wales Hospitals in Carmarthenshire Hospitals established in 1936 Hospital buildings completed in 1936 Hywel Dda University Health Board {{UK-hospital-stub