Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan ( en, Aneurin Bevan Hospital) is a community hospital in
Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...
, Wales. It is managed by the
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
History
The hospital was commissioned to replace the aging
Ebbw Vale Hospital
Ebbw Vale Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Ebbw Vale) was a community hospital in Ebbw Vale, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
History
The hospital was established by the conversion of two houses (one belonging to the Ebbw ...
which had closed at the end of 2005. The new hospital, which was built at a cost of £53 million and stands on the site of the former
Ebbw Vale Steelworks
Ebbw Vale Steelworks was an integrated steel mill located in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Developed from 1790, by the late 1930s it had become the largest steel mill in Europe. Nationalized after World War II, as the steel industry changed to bulk han ...
, opened in October 2010.
It was the first NHS hospital to be built in England or Wales with 100% single room, ensuite facilities to help control infection and improve privacy.
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Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Hospital buildings completed in 2010
Hospitals in Blaenau Gwent
NHS hospitals in Wales
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