By the turn of the century, tuberculosis was the most pressing health problem in the UK and Ireland, but the hospitals of the time were unable to cope with the volume of patients who had the disease.

[4] Plans were drawn up to build 4 pavilions and a two-storey hospital block to accommodate 265 patients, with work commencing in March 1906.

[6] The visiting physician (doctor in charge) at the time was Robert Hall, who had first suggested in 1900 it would be better for tuberculosis patients to be treated in their own specialised hospital.

[8] In 1943, Brice Clark was appointed chief physician, and in 1946 the newly established Northern Ireland Tuberculosis Authority took over the running of the sanitorium.

[11] In the years that followed, in part due to the formation of the NHS in 1948, patients other than those with tuberculosis were treated at the hospital, with a particular focus on respiratory disease.

[3][14] The Northern Ireland Hospice temporarily relocated to one of the disused wards in the grounds of the hospital in November 2012 whilst its Somerton House site was rebuilt.

[15] Some of the disused buildings at the hospital have been used by production companies, with scenes for TV series The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, being filmed here in 2012.

[16][17] It was proposed in August 2017 that two rehabilitation wards consisting of 44 beds were to be closed as part of £70 million budget cuts across the Northern Ireland health service, but these plans were shelved following public consultation.

[18] Woodlands Wellness Hub is a facility offering adults with mental health conditions the opportunity to take part in a range of recovery programmes.