West Glamorgan Archive Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1960 - 1997
- Admission
- 1937 - 1977
- Clinical
- 1943 - 1980
- Ephemera
- 1960 - 1969
Finding aids
- Finding aids
- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Neath General Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Penrhiwtyn Infirmary; West Glamorgan Hospital
- Address
- Neath, SA11 2LQ
- Foundation Year
- 1916
- Status
- Closed (since 2002)
Administrative Authorities
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Mid Glamorgan
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Wales
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Wales
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- West Glamorgan
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- West Glamorgan
- Pre-1974 County
- Glamorgan
- Post-1974 County
- West Glamorgan
- Post-1996 County
- Glamorgan
Status
- Pre-1948
- Local Authority, Poor Law
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- General
- Post-1948
- Acute, Maternity
Other information
Established as poor law infirmary, transferred to Glamorgan County Council following the Hospitals Act 1924. After 1948 x-ray, pharmacy and pathology service developed, in 1950 a physiotherapy department opened. In 1960 a third operating theatre, postgraduate medical centre and nurse training school added. In 1972 Glyn Garfield Maternity Unit opened, in 1984 outpatients' department added. In Dec 2002 hospital merged with Port Talbot General Hospital and moved to Neath Port Talbot Hospital on a new site on the Baglan Moors
Record locations
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- Mostly midwifery records. 1960s booklets of patient information and visiting times