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Hospital

Cardiff Royal Infirmary

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Cardiff Dispensary (1822 - 1923)
Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Infirmary and Dispensary (1837 - 1895)
Cardiff Infirmary (1895 - 1911)
King Edward VII Hospital (1911 - 1923)
Address
Newport Road, Cardiff, CF2 1SZ
Current Trust
University Hospital of Wales Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1996)
Foundation Year
1822
Status
Closed (since 1999)

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
Welsh
Management Committee (1948-1974)
University Hospital of Wales (Cardiff)
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Wales
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Wales
District Authority (1974-1982)
South Glamorgan (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
South Glamorgan
Pre-1974 County
Glamorgan
Post-1974 County
South Glamorgan
Post-1996 County
Cardiff

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

The Cardiff Royal Infirmary closed in 1999 and casualty service transferred to the University Hospital, Cardiff Health, Cardiff CF4 4XW.

Record locations

  • Glamorgan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1822 - 1969
    General
    1822 - 1848
    Nursing
    1904 - 1964
    Pictorial
    1900 - 1969

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    DHC
    Admission and diagnostic registers, nursing staff registers, and correspondence; admission and discharge registers, theatre registers, annual clinical record 1926-1987