Nevill Hall Hospital
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Nevill Hall Hospital is a district general hospital
in Abergavenny
, north Monmouthshire
, Wales, United Kingdom.
It was officially opened in April 1970, the new buildings replacing the older Victorian built converted mansion, which has since been used as office accommodation and still remains at the rear of the modern complex. The hospital provides in-patient, daycare and outpatient services together with a complete range of investigations. The hospital is a designated major trauma centre with an Accident and Emergency department.The A&E department has recently been extensively refurbished though not greatly expanded. Its catchment area extends to the south into the south Wales valleys, west into Powys and north to the Hereford and Gloucestershire borders.
There is also a new Post-Graduate Medical Centre on site (opened January 2002) which hosts multi-disciplinary training in a range of specialties as well as providing specific teaching for doctors and other health professionals in training.
The hospital also operates a 24 hour radio service known as "NHSound" for patients in Nevill Hall as well as the wider hospital community of Abergavenny on 1287 mW. It is entirely run by volunteers and has been running since 1979.
The hospital is part of Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
.
General hospital
A general hospital is a type of medical facility which is set up to deal with many kinds of disease and injury.General hospital may also refer to:*General Hospital, an American soap opera broadcast since 1963...
in Abergavenny
Abergavenny
Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
, north Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...
, Wales, United Kingdom.
It was officially opened in April 1970, the new buildings replacing the older Victorian built converted mansion, which has since been used as office accommodation and still remains at the rear of the modern complex. The hospital provides in-patient, daycare and outpatient services together with a complete range of investigations. The hospital is a designated major trauma centre with an Accident and Emergency department.The A&E department has recently been extensively refurbished though not greatly expanded. Its catchment area extends to the south into the south Wales valleys, west into Powys and north to the Hereford and Gloucestershire borders.
There is also a new Post-Graduate Medical Centre on site (opened January 2002) which hosts multi-disciplinary training in a range of specialties as well as providing specific teaching for doctors and other health professionals in training.
The hospital also operates a 24 hour radio service known as "NHSound" for patients in Nevill Hall as well as the wider hospital community of Abergavenny on 1287 mW. It is entirely run by volunteers and has been running since 1979.
The hospital is part of Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board
Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board is an NHS Wales organisation in south Wales, headquartered in Pontypool.The Local Health Board was launched in October 2009 through the merger of Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust and Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport, Torfaen and Monmouthshire LHBs...
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