Moyle Hospital

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| Name = Moyle Hospital

| Org/Group = Northern Health and Social Care Trust

| Image = Larne Union Workhouse.jpg

| Caption = Moyle Hospital

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| Location = Gloucester Avenue, Larne

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| Country = Northern Ireland

| HealthCare = Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

| Type = General

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| Emergency =

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| Founded = 1842

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| map_type = Northern Ireland

| map_caption= Location in Northern Ireland

| coordinates= {{coord|54.8546|N|5.8174|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

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The Moyle Hospital is a health facility in Gloucester Avenue, Larne, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

History

The facility has its origins in the Larne Union Workhouse which was designed by George Wilkinson and was completed in October 1842.{{cite web|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Larne/|title=Larne|publisher=Workhouses|accessdate=29 March 2020}} It became Larne District Hospital in 1929 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, became known as Moyle Hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=3104&page=18|title=Moyle Hospital, Larne|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=29 March 2020}} X-Ray services were suspended at the hospital in January 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.larnetimes.co.uk/news/trust-deny-bid-shut-moyle-hospital-back-door-2110819|title=Trust deny bid to shut Moyle Hospital 'by back door'|publisher=Larne Times|date=25 January 2017|accessdate=29 March 2020}}

References

Category:Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Category:Hospitals established in 1842

Category:1842 establishments in Ireland

Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1842

Category:Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) hospitals

Category:Hospitals in County Antrim

Category:19th-century architecture in Northern Ireland