Edward Hain Hospital
Hospital in Cornwall, England
50°12′29″N 5°28′45″W / 50.2080°N 5.4793°W / 50.2080; -5.4793
Edward Hain Hospital is a health facility in Albany Terrace, St Ives, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The facility was commissioned as a memorial to Captain Edward Hain,[a] who had died in the First World War.[1] It was established by converting a large private property in Albany Terrace and it opened in 1920.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] It closed temporarily due to fire safety issues in 2016 but then re-opened in 2019 as part of a pilot programme to provide facilities for local people who have recently been discharged from hospital.[3]
Notes
- ^ He was the son of Sir Edward Hain, the local member of parliament.
References
- ^ a b Stratton, Vivian A. "Lost Heir to the Hain Dynasty in Hospitals Naming" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Edward Hain Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Three years after it closed, patients in St Ives can still find a use for the Edward Hain hospital". Cornwall Reports. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
External links
- Official website
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