Chepstow Community Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cymunedol Cas-gwent) is a

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located on the east side of St Lawrence Road in

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. It is managed by the

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Gwent, in the south-east of Wales. Headquartered in Caerleon, the local health board (LHB) was launched in Octo ...

History

The site selected had previously been occupied by Mount Pleasant Hospital, a facility which had been built by the

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for workers at the

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in Chepstow in 1917. It was used by ex-servicemen more generally from 1919, and later by the community as a whole. The new community hospital incorporates the old

portico moulding from the front façade of the old hospital.Ivor Waters, ''The Town of Chepstow'', 1972 St Lawrence Hospital, an old hospital specialising in burns, had been located on the western side of St Lawrence Road. The new 87-bed hospital was procured under a

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in 1997. It was built by

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at a cost of £10 million, accepted its first patients in February 2000 and was officially opened by Rt Hon

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AM MP, the

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in October 2000. The minor injuries unit closed in November 2011. In March 2013 a local councillor raised concerns that the hospital was just becoming a "glorified health centre".

References

External links

Official site
{{authority control Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Hospital buildings completed in 2000 Hospitals in Monmouthshire Hospitals established in 2000 Chepstow 2000 establishments in Wales NHS hospitals in Wales