Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow

The Royal Hospital for Children is a 256 bed hospital specialising in paediatric healthcare. The hospital is part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital site and is built on the site of the former Southern General Hospital, in Govan and opened in June 2015. The hospital replaced the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Yorkhill.

Background

The Royal Hospital for Children and the adjacent Queen Elizabeth University Hospital were designed by Nightingale Associates,[1] with construction carried out by Brookfield Multiplex, who previously built Wembley Stadium.[2] In 2008, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde submitted a business case to the Scottish Government[3] for a new acute hospital to replace facilities at the Western Infirmary and Victoria Infirmary, and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.[4] Designs were unveiled for the hospital campus in November 2009,[5] with public funding being approved.[6] The new hospital was to be built on the site of the Southern General Hospital. In January 2010, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde closed the Queen Mother's Maternity Hospital, with maternity services relocating to the Southern.[7]

At the time of construction the hospital campus was Scotland's largest ever publicly funded NHS construction project,[8] costing £842 million to build.[9] it was built on and around site of the old Southern General Hospital, with construction starting in early 2011.[10] Originally to be called Royal Hospital for Sick Children,[11] it was renamed Royal Hospital for Children by Queen Elizabeth II.[12][13] It was originally hoped the new hospital would be ready by 2014,[14] but medical services did not start to be transferred until 10 June 2015.[15]

Services

The Royal Hospital for Children, while retaining a somewhat separate identity from the QEUH, is adjoined and integrated with the adult hospital. With 256 beds and 5 floors, it replaced the Royal Hospital for Sick Children located in Yorkhill, Glasgow.[16]

The children’s hospital will provide a large number of specialist services to the West of Scotland and the wider population of Scotland in addition to the full range of secondary care services to people of Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Specialist services include: cardiology and cardiac surgery, renal and bone marrow transplantation. For a number of these specialised services, the children’s hospital is recognised as the sole provider in Scotland.

Design

The design includes a part covered roof garden[17] where young patients can enjoy a range of activities in the fresh air including a stage where theatrical productions can be held. There will also be the ability for children to be brought out to the roof garden in their beds. The hospital has a 47-seat cinema, which was built in partnership with MediCinema costing around 250 thousand pounds to install.[18] In addition to the 47 seats the facility serves patients in wheelchairs and beds.[19]

The new children’s hospital is a mix of four-bedded and single-bedded accommodation.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Wembley touch for super hospital". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Inside Scotland's new £900million super-hospital - days before first patients arrive". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "NEW SOUTH GLASGOW HOSPITAL, NEW CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND NEW LABORATORY BUILD OUTLINE BUSINESS CASE" (PDF). library.nhsggc.org.uk. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. February 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hospital to cost taxpayer £842m". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "New £840m Glasgow super hospital design is unveiled". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Scotland's £2bn NHS capital projects take shape". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Last baby to be born at maternity unit meets the first as Queen Mum's closes its doors after 46 years". Daily Record (Scotland). 14 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Go-ahead for new south Glasgow 'super hospital'". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "South Glasgow University Hospital campus is handed over". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Names chosen for new £842m South Glasgow hospitals". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "A look inside Glasgow's new Royal Hospital for Sick Children". news.stv.tv. STV News. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Glasgow's newest hospital to be named after Queen Elizabeth". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "New South Glasgow hospital named after Queen Elizabeth". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Super hospital delay 'the new Holyrood'". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "End of an era as Yorkhill shuts its doors to emergency patients". eveningtimes.co.uk. Evening Times. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "What does new hospital mean for Glasgow?". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "State-of-the-art cinema opens in new children's hospital". glasgow.stv.tv/. STV. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sick kids watch Minions as £250k Medicinema opens at new superhospital". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Yorkhill MediCinema given funding boost". eveningtimes.co.uk. Evening Times. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "NHSGGC : Royal Hospital For Sick Children". nhsggc.org.uk.

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