It provides services to the people of Ballymena and County Antrim and is managed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

[1] The hospital has its origins in the Ballymena Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and completed in 1843.

[4] The building, which was designed by a combination of Glaswegian practices Keppie Design and Hoskins Architects, was built by O'Hare and McGovern, who are based in Newry in Northern Ireland, at a cost of £25 million.

[4] Covering an area of approximately 9,000m2, it is the largest of its kind in Northern Ireland.

The Health Minister, Simon Hamilton officially opened the new facility in 2016.