Raigmore Hospital
| Raigmore Hospital | |
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| NHS Highland | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Inverness, Highland, Scotland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Funding | Scottish Government |
| Hospital type | Acute General |
| Affiliated university |
University of Aberdeen University of Stirling |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 452 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1941 (original site) 1970 (current development) |
| Links | |
| Website | NHS Highland: Raigmore Hospital |
Raigmore Hospital (Scottish Gaelic: Ospadal an Rathaig Mhòir) is the largest hospital in the NHS Highland Health Board, located in Inverness, Scotland. It serves patients from the local area as well providing specialist services to patients from across NHS Highland area. It is a teaching hospital, educating a range of healthcare professionals in association with the Universities of Aberdeen and Stirling.
Raigmore has been a hospital site since 1941, when a temporary hospital was built on part of the Raigmore House estate as one of the seven new Emergency Hospital Service facilities. 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 1962 an announcement was made that a modern district general hospital would be provided at Raigmore. 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).
There are 452 beds in the hospital, mostly in the 8-storey tower building.
The hospital has 9 operating theatres. In October 2014 the board agreed a £26m plan to refurbish the existing operating theatres and add a 10th.
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.
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