East Ayrshire Community Hospital
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East Ayrshire Community Hospital is situated in Ayr Road, Cumnock
, Scotland
. It is a local hospital which provides:
There are plans for a new NHS
dental
facility to be built at this site, however at this time there is some opposition as some of the existing wards would need to be closed to facilitate this.
Cumnock
Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It is a local hospital which provides:
- 50 continuing careContinuing careA continuing care community, also known as a life-care community, is a type of retirement community where a number of aging care needs, from assisted living, independent living and nursing home care, may all be met in a single residence, whether in an apartment in a congregate housing facility, a...
and respiteRespite careRespite care is the provision of short-term, temporary relief to those who are caring for family members who might otherwise require permanent placement in a facility outside the home....
beds - 24 GP medium-acute beds
- 24-place day hospital
- 28,000-capacity outpatient facility
- rehabilitation facilities
- radiodiagnostics facilities
- a patient therapy garden.
There are plans for a new NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
dental
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
facility to be built at this site, however at this time there is some opposition as some of the existing wards would need to be closed to facilitate this.