Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
| Queen Elizabeth University Hospital | |
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| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
The entrances to the adults and children's facilities.
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1345 Govan Road, Govan, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 1,677 256 Children |
| Speciality |
Neuroscience Spinal cord injury Nuclear Medicine Paediatrics Maternity |
| History | |
| Founded | May 2015 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) is a 1,677 bed acute hospital located in Govan in the south-west of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. The hospital is built on the site of the former Southern General Hospital and opened at the end of April 2015. The hospital comprises a newly built 1,109 bed adult hospital, a 256-bed children’s hospital and two major A&E departments, one for adults and one for children in addition to buildings retained from the former hospital.
The retained buildings include maternity services, the Institute of Neurological Sciences and the Langlands Unit for medicine of the elderly and rehabilitation. The facility is operated by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
While some parts of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have their own distinct identity and dedicated specialist staff, such as the Royal Hospital for Children, each is completely integrated with linkages for patient transfer, diagnostic services, emergency care and even a rapid access lift from the emergency helicopter pad on the roof of the adult hospital. For example, the new children’s hospital is not only linked to the adult hospital but also both the adult and children’s hospitals are linked to the redeveloped maternity building and to the Neurosciences Institute.
The hospital hosts services relocated from the Western Infirmary, the Victoria Infirmary including the Mansion House facility, some services from Royal Infirmary and a range of inpatient services from Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow. In addition, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, previously based at Yorkhill, was moved to a new building adjoining the adult hospital and renamed the "Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow".
It is the largest hospital campus in Europe.
The adult hospital, children's hospital and laboratory buildings were designed by Nightingale Associates, with construction carried out by Brookfield Multiplex, who previously built Wembley Stadium. In 2008, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde submitted a business case to the Scottish Government for a new acute hospital to replace facilities at the Western Infirmary and Victoria Infirmary, and to relocate the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, to a new building adjoining the new adult hospital. Designs were unveiled for the hospital campus in November 2009, with public funding being approved.
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