Chirk Community Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cymuned Y Waun) 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, i ...

Chirk Chirk ( cy, Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the traditional county of Denbighshire, and later Clwy ...

, Wales. It is managed by the

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr) is the local health board of NHS Wales for the north of Wales. It is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, commun ...

History

The hospital has its origins in the Chirk and District Cottage Hospital which was financed by local miners and opened in 1921. It 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 became the Chirk and District Hospital in 1955. It was rebuilt on the same site and reopened as the Chirk Community Hospital in 1990.

References

NHS hospitals in Wales Hospitals established in 1921 Hospital buildings completed in 1990 Hospitals in Wrexham County Borough Chirk Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board {{UK-hospital-stub