Muckamore Abbey Hospital | |
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Belfast Health and Social Care Trust | |
![]() Muckamore Abbey Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | Abbey Road, Muckamore, Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°41′32″N 6°11′19″W / 54.6923°N 6.1887°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Mental health |
History | |
Opened | 1949 |
The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility on Abbey Road, Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
The facility, which is located just south of a ruined Augustinian priory, [1] opened as a mental health facility in 1949. [2] [3] A "special care colony" for people with an intellectual disability, with capacity of up to 1,000 patients, was added in 1958. [4] Following a 2019 investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital. [5]
Muckamore Abbey Hospital | |
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Belfast Health and Social Care Trust | |
![]() Muckamore Abbey Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | Abbey Road, Muckamore, Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°41′32″N 6°11′19″W / 54.6923°N 6.1887°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Mental health |
History | |
Opened | 1949 |
The Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility on Abbey Road, Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
The facility, which is located just south of a ruined Augustinian priory, [1] opened as a mental health facility in 1949. [2] [3] A "special care colony" for people with an intellectual disability, with capacity of up to 1,000 patients, was added in 1958. [4] Following a 2019 investigation into alleged abuses at the hospital, the Department of Health stated that it was considering a planned closure of the hospital. [5]