Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs, began life as a returned services hospital for World War I veterans. Although this function continued to cover WWII, post-war it increasingly focussed on treating mental health, particularly alcohol and drug addiction. As part of the continuing health restructuring of the 1990s, and after several iterations, it became a private institution. It closed in 2003.
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Hanmer Springs, Canterbury
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RELEVANT LEGISLATION
- Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966
- Area Health Boards Act 1983
- Health Act 1920
- Health Act 1956
- Health Amendment Act 1982
- Health and Disability Services Act 1993
- Health Service Personnel Act 1983
- Hospitals Act 1957
- Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1926
- Mental Defectives Act 1911
- Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992
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