Mold Community Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Cymuned yr Wyddgrug) 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 ...

Mold, Flintshire Mold ( cy, Yr Wyddgrug) is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the county town and administrative seat of Flintshire County Council, as it was of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996. According to the 2011 UK Census, it had ...

, 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 old Mold Cottage Hospital in 1877. The current modern facility, which was built just to the west of the old hospital, opened in 1985. The architects of the Welsh Health Common Services Authority won the Gold Medal for Architecture at the

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of 1986 for their work on the new Mold Community Hospital. Two wards in the new hospital were refurbished in 2017.

References

NHS hospitals in Wales Hospitals established in 1877 Hospital buildings completed in 1985 Hospitals in Flintshire Mold, Flintshire Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Welsh Eisteddfod Gold Medal winners 1877 establishments in Wales {{UK-hospital-stub