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Ysbyty Eryri (English: ''Snowdonia Hospital'') is a health facility in Lôn Parc,
Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...
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Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...
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. 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 ...
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History

The facility has its origins in the Caernarfon Union Workhouse which opened in 1846. An infirmary was established in the north-east part of the site in 1914. It became the Caernarfon Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and it joined the
National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
as Eryri Hospital in 1948. Services were transferred from the Caernarfon Eye and Cottage Hospital when it closed in 1981. X-ray services were reduced by two-thirds in 2013.


References

Hospitals in Gwynedd Hospitals established in 1846 1846 establishments in Wales Hospital buildings completed in 1846 NHS hospitals in Wales Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board {{UK-hospital-stub