St Luke's Hospital
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
The Hill Building
St Luke's Hospital, Armagh is located in Northern Ireland
St Luke's Hospital, Armagh
Shown in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationArmagh, County Armagh,, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°21′44″N 6°39′08″W / 54.36209°N 6.65225°W / 54.36209; -6.65225
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1825
Links
Websitewww.southerntrust.hscni.net/1551.htm

St Luke's Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

History

The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Armagh Asylum in 1825.[1] It expanded with the opening of the Hill Building in 1898.[2] Following the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and various facilities including inpatient dementia care and inpatient addiction services have been progressively withdrawn.[3]

References

  1. "County Armagh, Armagh, District Lunatic Asylum". Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. "£600,000 facelift sees iconic St Luke's Hill Building preserved for future generations". Armagh I. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. "Inpatient addiction services to be axed at St Luke's Hospital next week". Armagh I. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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