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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.
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The Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP) has responsibilities around delivering community health services and also addressing inequalities in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian. [ 4 ] When the CHPs were established in 2005 they provided a single management structure, taking over control of community services which were transferred under their ...
The following is a full list of services regulated by the commission. [5] Adult placement services; Care homes for people with drug and alcohol misuse problems; Care homes for people with learning disabilities; Care homes for people with mental health problems; Care homes for older people; Care homes for people with physical and sensory impairment
The hospital has its origins in Southfield House, a building situated near Ellen's Glen nature reserve, [2] which was designed by John Chesser in the Scottish baronial style. [3] It opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1875 [ 4 ] and became part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1920s. [ 5 ]
It was the first Community Treatment Centre of its kind in Scotland and provides services to children and adults living in the North East of Edinburgh and Leith. Consultants from Edinburgh hospitals such as the Western General, the Royal Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children attend the centre regularly. Patients are referred here ...
Overall, Scotland has a healthy population. The average life expectancy in 2013 was 79.1 years. [5] However, because Scotland is a country with large rural expanses (i.e. 20% of the population lives across 94% of the land space), there are parts of the population that find it challenging to access some healthcare services.
The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and the Andrew Duncan Clinic opened in 1965. [11] A 15 tonne work known as Abraham was carved in granite by sculptor Ronald Rae in the grounds of the hospital in 1982 [ 12 ] and the Rivers Centre, a clinic for the treatment of Posttraumatic stress disorder established in memory of the ...