The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility on Abbey Road, Muckamore,
County Antrim
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,
Northern Ireland
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. It is managed by the
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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.
History
The facility, which is located just south of a ruined
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priory
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, opened as a
mental health facility
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in 1949. A "special care colony" for people with an
intellectual disability
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, with capacity of up to 1,000 patients, was added in 1958. Following a 2019 investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital.
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Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Hospitals established in 1949
1949 establishments in Ireland
Hospital buildings completed in 1949
Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) hospitals
Hospitals in County Antrim