Causeway Hospital

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| Name = Causeway Hospital

| Org/Group = Northern Health and Social Care Trust

| Image = Causeway Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1154836.jpg

| Caption = Causeway Hospital

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| Location = Coleraine, County Londonderry

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| Country = Northern Ireland

| HealthCare = Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

| Type = District General

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| Emergency =

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| Founded = 2002

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| Website = {{URL|http://www.northerntrust.hscni.net/hospitals/209.htm}}

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| map_type = Northern Ireland

| map_caption= Location in Northern Ireland

| coordinates= {{coord|55.1233|N|6.6512|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

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Causeway Hospital is an acute general hospital in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

History

The hospital, which replaced Coleraine Hospital and the Route Hospital in Ballymoney, was built at a cost of £55 million.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1352261.stm|title=New Causeway hospital opens|date=28 May 2001|publisher=BBC|accessdate=27 March 2019}} It was officially opened by First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan in April 2002.{{cite web|url=https://wsuk4.prossl.com/ccg-ssl/coleraine/docs/minutes/cm-04-02.pdf|title=Council Minutes|publisher=Coleraine Borough Council|date=23 April 2002|accessdate=7 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.4ni.co.uk/northern-ireland-news/9576/causeway-hospital-a-sign-of-executive-s-commitment-to-health|title=Causeway Hospital a sign of Executive's "commitment to health"|date=12 April 2002|publisher=Daily Northern Island News|accessdate=7 April 2019}} In February 2003 it was designated as one of the nine acute hospitals in the acute hospital network of Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy 'Developing Better Services'.{{cite web |last1=Department of Health NI |title=Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy) |url=https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/topics/health-policy/developing-better-health-services#toc-2 |website=Department of Health NI |accessdate=27 March 2019}}

References

Category:Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Category:Hospitals established in 2002

Category:2002 establishments in Ireland

Category:Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) hospitals

Category:Hospitals in County Londonderry