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List Of Hospitals In Scotland
The following is a list of Acute (medicine), acute, general district, and mental health hospitals currently open and operational in Scotland, organised into each of the 14 regional health boards of NHS Scotland. Private hospitals that are not under the operational overview of NHS Scotland are also included. NHS hospitals in Scotland Organised by NHS Scotland, NHS board areas, see NHS National Services Scotland and Subdivisions of Scotland. NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Ayrshire and Arran East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire East Ayrshire *East Ayrshire Community Hospital, Cumnock *Kirklandside Hospital, Hurlford *University Hospital Crosshouse, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock North Ayrshire *Arran War Memorial Hospital, Lamlash, Isle of Arran *Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Irvine *Brooksby House Hospital, Largs *Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Millport, Great Cumbrae, Isle of Cumbrae *Woodland View, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Irvine South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QEUH
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) is a 1,677-bed acute hospital located in Govan, in the south-west of Glasgow, Scotland. The hospital is built on the site of the former Southern General Hospital and opened at the end of April 2015. The hospital comprises a 1,109-bed adult hospital, a 256-bed children's hospital and two major Emergency Departments; one for adults and one for children. There is also an Immediate Assessment Unit for local GPs and out-of-hours services, to send patients directly, without having to be processed through the Emergency Department. The retained buildings from the former Southern General Hospital include the Maternity Unit, the Institute of Neurological Sciences, the Langlands Unit for medicine of the elderly and the laboratory. The whole facility is operated by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and is one of the largest Acute (medicine), acute hospital campuses in Europe. While some parts of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosshouse
Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire East Ayrshire (; ) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquarters of the council are located on London Roa ... about west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road (the B751) running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. The Carmel Water, a tributary of the River Irvine, flows through the centre of the village. It had an estimated population of in . Andrew Fisher, who was the fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the village and a plaque commemorating him is located at the road junction to Knockentiber. Health The village is the location of a major hospital, Crosshouse Hospital, which was built to replace the Kilmarnock Infirmary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailsa Hospital
Ailsa Hospital is a mental health facility located in the southeastern outskirts of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. History In 1864, the Dundee-based architectural practice Edward and Robertson won the commission to build the hospital. Construction began in 1868 and the hospital opened as the Ayrshire District Asylum on 28 July 1869. The total cost of building the 230 bed hospital was £30,000. Two ward wings were added in 1879, the recreation hall was extended in 1886 and the wings were extended again in 1894. Two villas were completed in 1899 and a separate hospital block, designed by John Bennie Wilson, was added in 1906. It joined the National Health Service as Glengall Hospital in 1948 and became Ailsa Hospital in 1958. A neurosis unit was established at Loudon House in 1968. Services Ailsa Hospital offers inpatient mental health services as well as some outpatient and community services. In 2016 many acute mental health wards mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodland View
Woodland View is an acute mental health hospital, acute adult services and elderly and community rehabilitation facility located within the grounds of Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The hospital was constructed by Balfour Beattie Construction, and opened in 2016. History Mental health services and community rehabilitation services were previously provided within hospital wards at hospitals such as University Hospital Crosshouse and Ailsa Hospital next to University Hospital Ayr. NHS Ayrshire and Arran wished to bring mental health, acute care and rehabilitation services into one centralised location. The majority of patients from Ailsa Hospital and two mental health wards at University Hospital Crosshouse moved to Woodland View, with the hospital officially opening in 2016. Facilities Woodland View has 13 separate ward areas with 206 beds provided for patients. Accolades and recognition Soon within the hospital opening, Woodland View has been rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Cumbrae
Great Cumbrae () is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. The island is sometimes called Millport, Cumbrae, Millport, after its main town. Home to the Cathedral of The Isles and the FSC Millport field study centre, the island has a community of 1,300 residents. Geography The island is roughly long by wide, rising to a height of above sea level at The Glaid Stone, which is a large, naturally occurring rock perched on the highest summit on the island. There is a triangulation pillar nearby, as well as an orientation point which indicates the locations of surrounding landmarks. In clear conditions, views extend north over the upper Clyde estuary to Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Alps. To the west, the larger islands of Isle of Bute, Bute and Isle of Arran, Arran can be seen, while on the other side of Knapdale the Paps of Jura may be visible. Looking south, Ailsa Craig is visible, around distant beyond Little Cumbrae. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millport, Isle Of Cumbrae
Millport () is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of mainland Scotland, in the council area of North Ayrshire. The town is south of the ferry terminal that links the island to the Scottish mainland. Due to its small size, the island and its town are often linked in the minds of visitors and residents and Cumbrae is often referred to as Millport. The island offers views across to the Isle of Arran as well as of its smaller neighbour which lies barely a kilometre away, called Little Cumbrae. The Cumbraes are referred to as the ''Kumreyiar'' in the medieval Norse ''Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar, Saga of Haakon Haakonarson''. Etymology The Gaelic name ''Cumaradh'' means "place of the Cymric people", referring to the Brittonic languages, Brittonic-speaking inhabitants of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Alternatively, the name Cumbrae may derive from ''Kil Maura'' meaning "cell or church of a female saint". History During the development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Margaret Hospital
Lady Margaret Hospital is a small 10-bedded hospital at Millport on Great Cumbrae in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. History The foundation stone for the new "Millport Infectious Diseases Hospital" was laid by Sir Charles Dalrymple, a former Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on 13 January 1900. The building, designed by architects Fryer & Penman of Largs, consisted of red sandstone forming three blocks - one for male patients, another for female patients, and the third for the administrative staff. It was officially opened by Lady Margaret Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, on 25 September 1900. The facility was converted to a general hospital in 1929 and joined the National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Largs
Largs () is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" (''An Leargaidh'') in Scottish Gaelic. A popular seaside resort with a pier, the town markets itself on its historic links with the Vikings and an annual festival is held each year in early September. In 1263 it was the site of the Battle of Largs between the Norwegian and the Scottish armies. The Royal National Mòd, National Mòd has also been held here in the past. History There is evidence of human activity in the vicinity of Largs which can be dated to the Neolithic era. The Stones of Scotland, Haylie Chambered Tomb in Douglas Park dates from c. 3000 BC. Largs evolved from the estates of North Cunninghame over which the Montgomeries of Skelmorlie became Lords Temporal, temporal lords in the seventeenth century. Sir Robert Montgomerie built Skelmorlie Aisle in the ancient kirk of Largs in 1636 as a family mausoleum. Today the monument is all that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksby House Hospital
Brooksby House Hospital is a community hospital in the North Ayrshire region in Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. It is a Category A listed building. History The house was designed by David Hamilton and built as a yachting residence for Matthew Preston, a Glasgow businessman. It was acquired as a convalescent home for the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary in 1896 and officially opened by Lady Watson in June 1897. The Brooksby Resource Centre, which offers both health services and local council services, was opened at Brooksby House by Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023. She has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) sin ..., Deputy First Minister, in 2009. Notes References Hospitals in North Ayrshire NHS Ayrshire and Arran NHS Scotland hospitals Category A listed buildings in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvine, North Ayrshire
Irvine ( ; ; ) is a town and former on the coast of the in North Ayrshire, . The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire, and 22nd [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrshire Central Hospital
Ayrshire Central Hospital, also known as Irvine Central Hospital, is an NHS Scotland, NHS hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. History Formation The hospital is constructed on land which was formerly part of the southern portions of the Eglinton Castle, Eglinton Castle Estate. The hospital, which was designed by William Reid and commissioned by the now defunct Ayr County Council, was built from 1936 and was opened in stages from 1941 and became fully operational by 1944. The hospital was constructed as a series of pavilions. It joined the National Health Service in 1948. Flooding incident On 1 December 2005 the maternity building was flooded by a burst water tank. The flooding threatened the Neonatal intensive care unit, special care baby unit and took fire crews from Dreghorn, Kilwinning and Kilmarnock 3 hours to control. Maternity and neonatal units Until the 1970's uncomplicated births were usually at h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Arran
The Isle of Arran (; ) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Counties of Scotland, Historically part of Buteshire, it is in the Subdivisions of Scotland, unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2011 census it had a resident population of 4,629. Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre, Kintyre peninsula. Often referred to as "Scotland in Miniature", the Island is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and has been described as a "geologist's paradise".Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 11–17. Arran has been continuously inhabited since the early Neolithic period. Numerous prehistory, prehistoric remains have been found. From the 6th century onwards, Goidelic languages, Goidelic-speaking peoples from Ireland colonised it and it became a centre of religious activity. In the trou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
