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The Forth Valley Royal Hospital was designed by Equion, a subsidiary of Laing O'Rourke, and Keppie Designs [1] in cooperation with builders Laing O'Rourke. [2] After a consultation process in 2003, involving 5,600 local residents, [3] it was decided that a new acute hospital should be built to replace the ageing facilities at Stirling Royal Infirmary and Falkirk Royal Infirmary, which were to ...
The Health Board controls an annual budget of £570 million, and employs around 8000 staff. Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert is supported by a network of four community facilities, 57 health centres, day centres providing care and support for patients with mental illness and learning disabilities and a wide range of community based services.
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, one of the largest acute hospital campuses in Europe. [1] [2]The following is a list of 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.
It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and subsequent additions included a chest unit and pharmacy in 1955 and a new maternity hospital in 1969. [1] After many of the services transferred to the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in 2010, [2] the Stirling Royal Infirmary was downgraded to the status of a community hospital. [1]
Emergency medical scheme huts were built on the site during the Second World War. [1] Additions included the Falkirk Ward completed in 1966 and the Windsor Unit completed in the late 1980s. [ 1 ] After many of the services were transferred to the Forth Valley Royal Hospital , the Falkirk Royal Infirmary was downgraded to the status of community ...
The site was taken over by The Forth Valley Health Board in April 1974, and patient numbers remained around 1,300 into the 1980s. [3] The general opinion had changed from taking care of those with mental health issues, instead of sending them away patients should be cared for in the community and by their own family. [3]
Falkirk is administered by NHS Forth Valley, this includes the unitary authorities of Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire. Following the opening of the new Forth Valley Royal Hospital , the Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary was renamed Falkirk Community Hospital [ 43 ] with many of the main services, including the accident and emergency ...
The facility was established as an infectious diseases hospital in 1910. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [2] A red brick health centre was built on the site in the 1970s. [1] A modern community hospital, intended to provide psychiatry and services for elderly patients, was designed by Robert Paul and opened in 2004. [3] [4] [5]