Western Infirmary
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The Western Infirmary is a teaching hospital situated in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland at . The hospital has just under five hundred beds with over a fifth of them dedicated to the Beatson Oncology Centre, responsible for cancer care for half of Scotland's population. There is also a Maggie's centre at the hospital to help cancer patients.
In the 1870s, when the University of Glasgow moved from the city centre to the West End, distancing itself from the Royal Infirmary, a new teaching hospital was built as part of the new university buildings[1]. Initially only having 150 beds, by 1911 this had increased to over six hundred. In the 1960s a rebuilding programme began that saw most of the original buildings replaced within a decade[1].
The Western Infirmary opened as a voluntary hospital relying upon donations and bequests from members of the public[2], but in 1948 with the introduction of the National Health Service the Western came under the management of the Glasgow Western Hospitals Board of Management[3].
In 2002, NHS Greater Glasgow announced the results of a three year consultation, the Greater Glasgow's Acute Services Review, wherein they outlined a £700 million modernisation plan for Glasgow's hospitals. As part of the plan, services will be transferred to expanded facilities at Gartnavel General Hospital and the Western Infirmary will be shut down[4].
[edit] References
- ^ a b Alistair Tough (23 July 1998). Records of Western Infirmary, hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archive. Retrieved on 2006-11-28.
- ^ Western Infirmary of Glasgow Advertisement. Post Office Glasgow directory. Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ Alistair Tough (23 July 1998). Records of Glasgow Western (and Gartnavel) Hospitals Board of Management, administrative body, Glasgow, Scotland. Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archive. Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ Shake-up of city hospitals approved. BBC News (29 January, 2002). Retrieved on 2006-11-28.
