Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital

Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital
Shown in Gwynedd
Geography
Location	Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales
Coordinates	52.9916°N 3.9350°W / 52.9916; -3.9350
Organisation
Care system	NHS Wales
Type	Community
History
Opened	1927
Closed	2013
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Wales

Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Coffa Ffestiniog) was a hospital in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Closed in 2013, it was managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The building re-opened as Canolfan Goffa Ffestiniog health centre in 2017.

History

The facility, which was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, was officially opened by Colonel David Davies MP as the Festiniog and District Heroes Memorial Hospital in 1927.[1] It was intended to commemorate local soldiers who had died in the First World War.[2] After joining the National Health Service in 1948, it developed as a community hospital but, after inpatient services transferred to Ysbyty Alltwen in Tremadog, it closed to inpatients in March 2013.[3][4] It then re-opened as the Canolfan Goffa Ffestiniog (meaning: Ffestiniog Memorial Centre) health centre in November 2017.[5]

References

1. "Opening Ceremony - the Festiniog & District Heroes Memorial Hospital". British Film Institute. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
2. "Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital". Imperial war Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. "No beds plan for Blaenau Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital". Wales Online. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "Blaenau Memorial Hospital closes its doors". Daily Post. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
5. "New £3.9m health centre opens its doors". Daily Post. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.