Shaftesbury Square Hospital was a health facility in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
| Shaftesbury Square Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Belfast Health and Social Care Trust | |
 Shaftesbury Square Hospital | |
  Location in Northern Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°35′28″N 5°56′02″W / 54.5911°N 5.9340°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Ophthalmic |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 |
| Closed | 2010 |
History
editThe facility, which was financed by Sir William Johnson and his wife, Lady Johnson, was designed by W. J. Barre and opened as the Shaftesbury Square Ophthalmic Hospital in January 1868.[1][2] It was extended in 1927 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it became Shaftesbury Square Hospital in 1969.[1] The building was used by the local drug and substance abuse services[3][4] before it closed in 2010.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "116 – 120 Great Victoria Street". Future Belfast. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Square Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Square Hospital". Inside Time. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Excellence and Choice" (PDF). Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. 1 January 2009. p. 8. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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