Neath Port Talbot Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Castell Nedd Port Talbot) is a general hospital located in

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south ...

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. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board.

History

The hospital, which was commissioned to replace Neath General Hospital and Port Talbot General Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in May 2000. It was designed by SSL and built by

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at a cost of £56 million; it was officially opened by the

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on 3 February 2003. In September 2012 the Health Board announced significant investment to create a new specialist

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unit and expand the

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unit at the hospital in a bid to recruit and retain experienced clinicians.

Performance

In May 2014 staff at the hospital was criticised in an report into the death of an elderly patient who had been treated at the hospital; the report found that there had been "variable or poor professional behaviour and practice in the care of frail older people".

References

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Healthcare Inspectorate Wales inspection reports
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