It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

The entrance block, which is still standing, is a Grade II listed building.

[1] The hospital has its origins in the Merthyr Tydfil Union Workhouse and Infirmary which opened in September 1853.

[2] It became the Tydfil Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it received a visit from the Queen Mother in 1987.

[3] After patients had transferred to Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, it closed in 2012 and most of the workhouse buildings were demolished in 2015.