Oakdale Community Hospital, located in Oakdale, Caerphilly

Oakdale, Caerphilly

Oakdale is a large village in Caerphilly county borough, Wales, 9½ miles north of Caerphilly itself, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, has 20 beds including 2 Macmillan beds

Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest British charities and provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer....

 for palliative care. There is also a service for respite and continuing care patients.

The hospital was opened in 1915, and was a part of the planned Oakdale village which had started around 1911.

It is planned that Oakdale Hospital will be closed when a new unit is opened at Ystrad Mynach

Ystrad Mynach

Ystrad Mynach is a town in the County Borough of Caerphilly, previously within the ancient traditional county of Glamorgan, Wales, and is 5 miles north of Caerphilly town. It has a population of around 13,500 and stands in the Rhymney Valley . Before the Industrial Revolution and the coming of coal...

in 2010.