St Austell Community Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
Location: | Porthpean Road, St Austell |
Region: | Cornwall |
State: | England |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Healthcare: | NHS |
Type: | Community |
Founded: | 1970s |
Map Type: | Cornwall |
Coordinates: | 50.3269°N -4.7726°W |
St Austell Community Hospital is a health facility in Porthpean Road, St Austell, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
The facility was commissioned to replace the aging Sedgemoor Priory Hospital[1] and was the first community hospital in Cornwall that did not pre-date the formation of the National Health Service.[2] It was financed in part by a legacy from Joan Rosemary Cobbold-Sawle and opened as Penrice Hospital in the 1970s.[3] The Mount Edgcumbe Hospice was built on the same site, just to the north of the hospital, and was completed in 1980.[4] In April 2019, the birthing centre at the hospital started providing birthing, postnatal stays and assessment services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[5]