Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the Vale of Leven Hospital is a

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, Scotland. It is managed by

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Henry Brock Hospital which opened in a converted private house in 1924. After the

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it was decided to commission a purpose-built facility: the new hospital was designed by Keppie Henderson & Joseph Gleave and built on a site adjacent to Henry Brock Cottage Hospital between 1951 and 1955.

Services

The hospital has 92 inpatient beds as well as a Minor Injuries Unit. The hospital has approximately 47 births per year and has full accreditation as baby friendly, since 2006. This is down from 900 births per year in 2002.

Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry

An Inquiry was set up by Scottish Ministers to investigate the occurrence of

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infection at the hospital from 1 January 2007 onwards. The Inquiry published its final report on 24 November 2014. There was criticism at the delay of the Inquiry five times. The findings of the inquiry were considered by the

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, when they produced a report in July 2015, entitled “Learning from serious failings in care”. The Inquiry cost £10m for an inquiry which took so long that by the time it reached its conclusions, the problem had already largely been fixed. The health secretary noted that at the time of the outbreak, "there was no effective inspection regime at the time to pick up these failings". The newly-appointed Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison said "We now have an effective inspection routine through the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate that completes unannounced, comprehensive inspections and demands urgent actions".

References

External links

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on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde website {{authority control NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Scotland hospitals Vale of Leven Hospital buildings completed in 1955 1955 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1955 Hospitals in West Dunbartonshire