St John's Hospital, Livingston
| St John's Hospital | |
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| NHS Lothian | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Lothian |
| Hospital type | General Hospital and A&E |
| Affiliated university | University of Edinburgh Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 550 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Links | |
| Website | NHS Lothian Website |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
St John's Hospital is the main general hospital in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. Located in the Howden area of the town, it serves Livingston, the wider West Lothian region and some towns in other regions such as Lanarkshire and Edinburgh. St John's is one of three hospitals run by NHS Lothian which have accident and emergency services. St John's has special status as a teaching hospital for the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
Bangour General Hospital, near Dechmont to the north of Livingston, was the main hospital in the West Lothian area from 1939. Bangour had been built as an annexe of the village hospital, which had specialised in psychiatry. The Livingston Development Corporation(LDC), which oversaw the development of the new town of Livingston from 1962, had planned to move the general hospital to Livingston from around 1974. The new hospital was opened in 1989, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Bangour General Hospital was closed in the early 1990s.
The current facilities at St John's include a recently renovated accident and emergency ward, and a large maternity unit, where around 2,500 babies are born annually. The radiology department uses a trust-wide PACS system, complete with 2 digital screening rooms, spiral CT, 4 ultrasound machines and a gamma camera. St John's contains many specialist services for south east Scotland, including oral and maxillofacial, burns and plastic surgery units. The hospital is being promoted as the main regional centre for elective surgery, and as a centre for minimally invasive surgery. This centre, supported by University of Edinburgh professors, will provide Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgery, orthopaedic surgery, and urology. The ENT in patient facility formerly based in Edinburgh has been relocated and amalgamated with the ENT services already located at St John's and serving West lothian, with the intention of merging it with the existing head and neck unit, to form another regional centre. The improvements will see 4,500 patients per year being treated at St Johns.
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