Forster Green Hospital

Forster Green Hospital
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Forster Green Hospital
Forster Green Hospital is located in Northern Ireland
Forster Green Hospital
Shown in Northern Ireland
Geography
LocationSaintfield Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates54°33′42″N 5°54′29″W / 54.5618°N 5.9081°W / 54.5618; -5.9081
Organisation
Care systemHealth and Social Care in Northern Ireland
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
SpecialityNeurology, Care of Older People, Psychiatry
History
Opened1897
Closed2012
Links
Websitewww.belfasttrust.hscni.net/hospitals/ForsterGreenHospital.htm
ListsHospitals in Northern Ireland

Forster Green Hospital was a non-acute hospital located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It offered a range of services including neurology, care of older people, and a child and family centre. The hospital was located on a 47-acre site in South Belfast. It was managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and closed in 2012. Located within the hospital grounds is the regional child and adolescent mental health inpatients unit, Beechcroft. This opened in 2010.[1] Knockbreda Wellbeing and Treatment centre is also located within the grounds of Forster Green and opened in 2009. This has been described as a "one stop approach" to healthcare as it offers a wide range of healthcare services for the local community including general practice and physiotherapy.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Beechcroft Open Days - New Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit". www.belfasttrust.hscni.net. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Wellbeing and Treatment Centres". www.belfasttrust.hscni.net. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ^ "The Knockbreda Centre - Penoyre & Prasad". Penoyre & Prasad. Retrieved 11 September 2018.