Pontypridd Cottage Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Bwthyn Pontypridd) is a health facility on Hospital Road, in

Pontypridd () ( colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng ( Trallwn) and Treforest (). ...

Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and vill ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. It is managed by the

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) ( cy, Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg) is the local health board of NHS Wales for Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Bridgend in the south of Wales. It was renamed from ''Cwm Taf Un ...

History

The facility was financed by subscriptions from local miners and opened as Pontypridd & District Cottage Hospital in February 1911. It joined the

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in 1948. In 2017, it was announced that all cancer services for the county, which had previously been provided at the hospital, would transfer to new facilities at the

Royal Glamorgan Hospital The Royal Glamorgan Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg), is a District General Hospital in Ynysmaerdy, Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. History The hospital wa ...

. The local health board has announced plans to sell the hospital.

References

Hospitals in Rhondda Cynon Taf Hospitals established in 1911 1911 establishments in Wales Hospital buildings completed in 1911 Buildings and structures in Rhondda Cynon Taf NHS hospitals in Wales Pontypridd Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board {{UK-hospital-stub