NHS Fife

NHS Fife
Bòrd SSN Fìobha


Created	2004 (2004)
Headquarters	Kirkcaldy
Region served	Fife
Area size	1,325 square kilometres
Population	358,900
Type	NHS board
Hospitals	List
Website	www.nhsfife.org

NHS Fife (Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd SSN Fìobha) is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Fife area. NHS Fife is headquartered in Hayfield House, Kirkcaldy.

Hospitals

Fife

Adamson Hospital, Cupar
Cameron Hospital, Windygates
Glenrothes Hospital
Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline
Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Buckhaven
St Andrews Community Hospital, St Andrews
Stratheden Hospital, Springfield (Cupar)
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Whytemans Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy

The board faces an overspend of up to £3.5 million for 2014/5. Financial pressures included the cost of medical locums and bank nurses to fill long-term vacancies in acute services and the impact of new drugs to treat Hepatitis C and Anti-TNF drugs for rheumatology.^[1]

External links

References

↑ "NHS Fife books end year in red". Fife Today. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

NHS Scotland health boards

Regional health boards	Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow and Clyde Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles

Special health boards	The National Waiting Times Centre Board Healthcare Improvement Scotland NHS 24 NHS Education for Scotland NHS Health Scotland NHS National Services Scotland Scottish Ambulance Service State Hospitals Board for Scotland

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