The Antrim Area Hospital is a general hospital in

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. It is managed by the

Northern Health and Social Care Trust The Northern Health and Social Care Trust is a health and social care trust in Northern Ireland, responsible for providing services at various health facilities including Antrim Area Hospital The Antrim Area Hospital is a general hospital in A ...

History

The hospital was commissioned to create extra healthcare capacity in the Antrim area. It was built at a cost of £40 million and was opened by the

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in July 1994. 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'. An extension to the emergency department and an extra 24 bed ward were completed in June 2013.

References

Northern Health and Social Care Trust Hospitals established in 1994 1994 establishments in Northern Ireland Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) hospitals Hospitals in County Antrim {{UK-hospital-stub