In the first decade the 20th century the Cardiff Board of Guardians realised that the existing accommodation for the sick at the City Lodge was inadequate and waiting lists for admission there had been in excess of 2000 patients at any one time. In order to relieve pressure on the existing hospitals, in 1912 a site at Llandough was purchased with a view to building a new hospital there. The hospital joined the
National Health Service in 1948 and expanded significantly in the subsequent decades, with more wards being built in several phases of construction. The main hospital corridor has expanded to a length of over half a kilometre on the first floor as a result. The hospital was renamed the University Hospital Llandough in 2008 to reflect its links with the
Cardiff University School of Medicine. Inpatient adult mental health services were transferred to Llandough in 2016 with the opening of the Hafan y Coed unit. Services were transferred here from
Whitchurch Hospital which closed its doors in the same year. The hospital is home to the Rookwood Sound radio station after it was transferred there from
Rookwood Hospital in 2012. ==References==