Stracathro Hospital

Stracathro Hospital
NHS Tayside
Geography
Location	near Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Organisation
Care system	NHS Scotland
Hospital type	District Hospital
Services
Emergency department	No
Links
Website	http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/patients/hospital/Stracathro/Stracathro.shtml
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

Stracathro Hospital is a General Hospital in Angus, Scotland. Established as a wartime Emergency Hospital Service facility, it became a District General Hospital and, since 2005 has been the site of the Scottish Regional Treatment Centre.

Stracathro Hospital was established in 1939 in the grounds of Stracathro House. It was designed as an Emergency Medical Services Hospital, for military casualties of World War II. The single-storey wards could accommodate up to 1000 patients and the mansion house provided accommodation for staff. The first patients were victims of an air raid on Montrose in 1940. These were followed by civilian casualties from English cities, including London, Birmingham and Coventry, and later by soldiers from all theatres of the war. Long trains would deliver the wounded to Brechin station. The hospital was one of seven temporary hospitals built in Scotland due to the War - Raigmore Hospital in Inverness being another.

The hospital subsequently became a teaching hospital and later a rural general hospital, serving a population of about 110,230, with specialised departments including orthopaedic surgery and a high-tech surgical appliance unit.

In 1998, almost overnight, emergency general surgery was moved to Ninewells Hospital. This threatened the future of the hospital, and led to speculation over its closure. The Tayside Acute Services Review in 2001 recommended a new hospital in Angus. An external review recommended continuation of some local services. The closure of the coronary care unit led to a paramedic-led thrombolysis service in the community. Stracathro continues as a rural General Hospital for Angus, part of NHS Tayside.

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