Daisy Hill Hospital
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Daisy Hill Hospitalis a local general hospital located in Newry
Newry
Newry is a city in Northern Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, formed the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. It is from Belfast and from Dublin. Newry had a population of 27,433 at the 2001 Census, while Newry and Mourne Council Area had a population...

, Northern Ireland
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The hospital currently houses a neo-natal unit, A&E department, outpatients department and a minor surgery suite. Attached to the hospital is on-site accomadtion for nursing staff and an ambulance
Ambulance
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 station.

It is part of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, which became operational on 1 April 2007 following the amalgamation of Craigavon Area Hospital Group, Craigavon and Banbridge Community, Newry and Mourne and Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trusts. It is situated on the Hospital Road and backs onto the A25 Camlough
Camlough
Camlough or Camloch is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is near Bessbrook and the slopes of the Ring of Gullion. It had a population of 910 people in the 2001 Census.- 1920s :...

 Road.

In the early 1990's Daisy Hill became the only hospital in Newry & Mourne as services were gradually withdrawn from St. John of God Hospital, also in Newry, which then became St. John's House, a dedicated hospice
Hospice
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for children and adults suffering from terminal illnesses.

New hospital

A £130m business case for the building of a new hospital on the existing Daisy Hill site has been submitted by the Trust. An allocation for modernisation and development of services was included in the £2.9billion investment programme announced for health and social services over the next ten years in the Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland in December 2005.
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