Gartnavel Royal Hospital
| Gartnavel Royal Hospital | |
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| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Great Western Road, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Hospital type | Psychiatric hospital |
| Affiliated university | University of Glasgow |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 117 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1814 1843 (moved to Gartnavel) |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Gartnavel Royal Hospital is a mental health facility based in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City; covering Hillhead, Partick, Scotstoun, Yoker, Clydebank, Drumchapel, Bearsden and Milngavie. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this has recently moved to a new psychiatric unit at Stobhill Hospital. The Hospital is a venue used by the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. Some parts of the Hospital are classified as a category A building and is also deemed at risk.
In 1804 the Committee of Management of the asylum was formed, construction began in 1810 and completed in 1814. Originally opened as the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum in 1814 in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow, when a royal charter was obtained it became the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1824.
The facility moved to new premises designed by Charles Wilson in 1843, the new premises were designed to allow segregation by patients' gender and social class. In 1845 the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum published Gartnavel Minstrel, this is the earliest example of a publication written and edited by hospital patients. These premises were again extended in 1877, 1973 and 1959. The Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum became the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital in 1931 and the Gartnavel Royal Hospital in 1963.Sir David Henderson was physician-superintendent at the hospital from 1921 to 1932. Donald Ewen Cameron worked at the hospital during the 1920s and R. D. Laing worked at the hospital for a number of years during the 1950s.
In December 1972, the Gartnavel General Hospital opened on the same site.
As of 2006[update], some of the buildings are unused.
The modernisation of Gartnavel Royal was completed in 2007 and today a new 117-bed hospital building serves a significant population of Glaswegian inpatients, along with mental health facilities at Stobhill Hospital and Parkhead Hospital. The modernisation cost £19 million and was said to be "the most modern and innovative building of its kind in the UK" at the time of opening. All 117 beds are within individual rooms and each has en-suite bathroom facilities. A community cafe and family room are also housed in Gartnavel Royal Hospital.
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