Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
| Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases | |
|---|---|
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | |
Entrance to the 2019 building at Combe Park | |
Shown in Somerset | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Combe Park, Bath, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°23′30″N 2°23′23″W / 51.3916°N 2.3898°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Speciality | Rheumatology |
| History | |
| Founded | 1738 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases is a small, specialist NHS hospital on the Royal United Hospital site in Weston, Bath, England.
The hospital was founded in 1738 as a general hospital for the poor in the city centre, where the frontage of its building still reads Royal Mineral Water Hospital; it is known locally as "The Mineral Hospital" or "The Min". In 2015, the trust running the hospital experienced financial difficulties and was taken over by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, with clinical services moving to a new building at the trust's Combe Park site in 2019.