Southern General Hospital

Southern General Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Main Medical Block at the Southern General Hospital
Geography
Location	Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Glasgow Glasgow Caledonian University
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	900
Speciality	Neuroscience Spinal cord injury
History
Founded	1872
Links
Website	Southern General Hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

University of Glasgow

The Southern General Hospital (SGH) was a large teaching hospital with an acute operational bed complement of approximately 900 beds. The Hospital was located in Linthouse in the south west of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom and provided a comprehensive range of acute and related clinical services. All facilities and services have been succeeded by the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, constructed on the site of the old hospital.

The hospital was originally built as the Govan Combination Poorhouse. The hospital’s earliest buildings were located in old cavalry barracks at Eglinton Street. In 1872 a new 240 bed Poor Law hospital and 180 patient lunatic asylum were built at the present site at Merryflats in Govan. In 1902–1905 major extensions provided 700 more beds. In 1912 Govan was absorbed into Glasgow and from 1912 until the formation of the NHS in 1948, the hospital was run by Glasgow Parish Council and then from 1930 by Glasgow Corporation. The hospital was formally renamed the Southern General Hospital in 1923.

In June 2015 the Southern General Hospital was renamed as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Upgrading of the hospital’s facilities began during the 1950s and culminated in the opening of a new Maternity Unit in 1970 and the completion of the Institute of Neurological Sciences in 1972, where the Glasgow Coma Scale was devised by Graham Teasdale and Bryan J. Jennett in 1974.

General Hospital services were provided for the south-west of the city, with some services provided for the whole city and wider region. Services include Accident and Emergency, Dermatology, ENT, General Medicine (including sub-specialties), General Surgery (including sub-specialties), Medicine for the Elderly (including Assessment, Rehabilitation and Day Services), Gynaecology, Neonatal Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Physically Disabled Rehabilitation and Continuing Care.