Raigmore Hospital
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Raigmore Hospital in Inverness
is the main hospital in the South East Highland Community Health Partnership area of NHS Highland
Health Board. It serves patients from its own and adjacent Community Health Partnership
areas as well as those from adjacent Health Board areas. It is also a teaching hospital in association with the Universities of Aberdeen and Stirling.
In 1970 the first of a series of new buildings were opened, including accident and emergency, radiology and radiotherapy, laboratory, out-patient services and medical departments.
The hospital has progressively taken over the provision of some or all of the services previously performed by older hospitals in Inverness including Culduthel Hospital (closed 1989), Hilton Hospital (closed 1987) and the Royal Northern Infirmary (since 1999 the location of a newer Community hospital
with the main building now used by the University of the Highlands and Islands).
status, since November 2005 after a pivotal report.
The building, which won the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture
in 2006, was designed by Scottish architectural firm Page\Park Architects
and its gardens were designed by landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks
.
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
is the main hospital in the South East Highland Community Health Partnership area of NHS Highland
NHS Highland
NHS Highland is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. Geographically, it is the largest Health Board, covering an area of 32,500 km² from Kintyre in the south-west to Caithness in the north-east, serving a population of 300,000 people...
Health Board. It serves patients from its own and adjacent Community Health Partnership
Community Health Partnership
Community Health Partnerships, known as CHPs are subdivisions of Health Boards in Scotland.CHPs typically are co-terminous with council areas and represent a district or area within one of the 14 Scottish Health Board regions...
areas as well as those from adjacent Health Board areas. It is also a teaching hospital in association with the Universities of Aberdeen and Stirling.
History
Raigmore has been a hospital site since 1941. The single storey wartime wards continued to be used for a further three decades, until the construction of the present buildings. Amongst other medical services supplied during this period, the hospital provided the main maternity unit for the Highlands.In 1970 the first of a series of new buildings were opened, including accident and emergency, radiology and radiotherapy, laboratory, out-patient services and medical departments.
The hospital has progressively taken over the provision of some or all of the services previously performed by older hospitals in Inverness including Culduthel Hospital (closed 1989), Hilton Hospital (closed 1987) and the Royal Northern Infirmary (since 1999 the location of a newer Community hospital
Community hospital
A Community hospital can be purely a nominal designation or have a more specific meaning. Specific mention of Community hospitals is encountered in the following countries:-- Thailand :...
with the main building now used by the University of the Highlands and Islands).
Hospital services
The hospital has a 32-bed Paediatric unit, where in-patient care in Medical Paediatrics; Oral Surgery, ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) unit and Child and Family Psychiatry are based. Raigmore also contains a 57-bed maternity unit; specialist services such as cystic fibrosis, cardiology and rheumatology and the Birnie Child Development Centre for children with learning difficulties and special needs.Baby-friendly hospital
Raigmore Hospital has been granted baby friendlyBaby Friendly Hospital Initiative
The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative , also known as “Baby Friendly Initiative” , is a worldwide programme of the World Health Organization and UNICEF, launched in 1991 following the adoption of the Innocenti Declaration on breastfeeding promotion in 1990...
status, since November 2005 after a pivotal report.
Wyvis Unit
Wyvis Unit is a recent development and refurbishment on the Raigmore Hospital site. The £600 million refurbishment project, now provides a new home for the re-located nurse-led pre-op assessment department and cardiac ultrasound service. The result has seen a decrease in the waiting time for a routine outpatient echocardiogram.New day service unit
Pick Everard have been selected by NHS Highland to build a new day service unit extension onto the hospital site. Head consultant and architect, Keppie Design will assist in the mechanical and electrical engineering and building work side of the project.The new unit, to provide specialist renal and endoscopy departments, will be expected to open to patients, sometime in 2009. http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/pie/pie140.htmlMaggie's Centre
A Maggie's Centre, Maggie's Highlands, can also be found beside Raigmore Hospital. Maggie's Highlands was opened officially on 7 June 2005 by the Scottish Health Minister, Andy Kerr, and Carol McGregor. The centre provides free support and information to anyone affected by cancer.The building, which won the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture
The RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture award was founded in 2002, as the RIAS Award for Architecture by the architect Andrew Doolan, whose work included the Point Hotel in Edinburgh. The award is given to the best new building in Scotland, as judged by a jury of assessors. The value of the...
in 2006, was designed by Scottish architectural firm Page\Park Architects
Page\Park Architects
Page\Park Architects was established in 1981 by David Page and Brian Park and has developed as one of Scotland’s best known practices undertaking work over a range of sectors....
and its gardens were designed by landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks
Charles Jencks
Charles Alexander Jencks is an American architectural theorist, landscape architect and designer. His books on the history and criticism of Modernism and Postmodernism were widely read in architectural circles and beyond....
.