Glangwili General Hospital (), previously known as West Wales General Hospital, is a general hospital in
Carmarthen
Carmarthen (, ; , 'Merlin's fort' or possibly 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community (Wales), community in Wales, lying on the River Towy north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. At the 2021 United Kingdom cen ...
, Wales. It is managed by
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) () is the local health board of NHS Wales for the west of Wales. Established on 1 October 2009 from the merger of the Hywel Dda NHS Trust, the Pembrokeshire Local Health Board, Ceredigion Local Health B ...
.
History
The hospital opened as the West Wales General Hospital in 1949. It changed its name to Glangwili General Hospital following a vote in 2010.
In September 2014 a new renal dialysis unit run by
Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Ltd was opened at the hospital, with a contract to run for at least seven years. As part of the reorganisation of acute services in Wales a full-time inpatient paediatric service was provided at Glangwili from October 2014.
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Glangwili General Hospital
NHS hospitals in Wales
Carmarthen
Hospitals in Carmarthenshire
Hospital buildings completed in 1949
Hospitals established in 1949
1949 establishments in Wales
Hywel Dda University Health Board
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