Chepstow Community Hospital

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Chepstow Community Hospital in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales accepted its first patients on 26 February 2000 having been developed under the United Kingdom Government's Private Finance Initiative. It was officially opened on 27 October by Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM MP, the First Minister for Wales.

The 84 bed hospital provides primary, community and secondary care delivered from one location. As well as hospital services the building also houses two GP practices. It was built and will be operated for 25 years by Kintra Ltd for a capital cost of approx £10m^[1], and an annual charge of £1.2m to Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust^[2]

The modern hospital building incorporates mementoes from the past including the old portico moulding from the front facade of the former Mount Pleasant Hospital which was located on an adjacent site.