University Hospital Crosshouse

University Hospital Crosshouse
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Main entrance of University Hospital Crosshouse in 2019
University Hospital Crosshouse is located in East Ayrshire
University Hospital Crosshouse
Shown in East Ayrshire
Geography
LocationKilmarnock Road, Crosshouse, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Coordinates55°36′51″N 4°32′19″W / 55.61417°N 4.53861°W / 55.61417; -4.53861
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity of the West of Scotland
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds575
History
Opened1978
Links
Websitewww.nhsaaa.net/hospitals/university-hospital-crosshouse/ Edit this at Wikidata

University Hospital Crosshouse, known locally as Crosshouse, is a large district general hospital situated outside the village of Crosshouse, two miles outside Kilmarnock town centre in Scotland.[1] It provides services to the North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire areas and is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

Built to replace the former Kilmarnock Infirmary, it opened to patients in 1984, and today the hospital houses the national Cochlear Implant Service[2] and provides paediatric inpatient services.[3]

History

Work on the hospital, which was commissioned to replace the Kilmarnock Infirmary, began on the site in August 1972 with completion expected in May 1977.[4] The contractor, Melville Dundas & Whitson, encountered difficulties with the water supply and ventilation systems[5] and the facility was only officially opened by George Younger, Secretary of State for Scotland, as Crosshouse Hospital in June 1984.[6]

A new maternity unit, which replaced a similar facility at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine was opened in the grounds of the hospital in 2006.[7]

In March 2012 it became University Hospital Crosshouse as a result of a partnership with the University of the West of Scotland.[8]

On 4 February 2021 the hospital was placed into a police lockdown due to "serious incidents" at the hospital and around Kilmarnock with all ambulance and hospital traffic diverted to University Hospital Ayr. A member of staff was dead in the hospital car park, the root cause of the murder being a family rather than hospital matter.[9][10]

Services

Crosshouse Hospital is the site of the purpose-built Ayrshire Maternity Unit, which provides maternity services for the whole of NHS Ayrshire & Arran. The maternity unit has 51 inpatient beds, with a special care baby unit and neonatal intensive care unit on-site. The unit sees around 4,000 deliveries per annum.[11]

Emergency Department (ED)

The Emergency Department, previously known as Accident and Emergency (A&E), unit at University Hospital Crosshouse serves both East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire, with main North Ayrshire hospital Ayrshire Central Hospital not having its own designated emergency department for Irvine and the surrounding population. The Emergency Department specialises in bone injuries, emergencies, eye injuries, child paediatrics, tele-medecine and carries out x-ray examinations for patients.[12]

Ayrshire Maternity Unit

Ayrshire Maternity Unit was opened within the grounds of University Hospital Crosshouse in 2006, replacing the former maternity facilities at Ayrshire Central Hospital. The Ayrshire Maternity Unit is the main facility within Ayrshire and all three NHS Scotland Ayrshire health boards providing maternity services.[13]

Resuscitation DVD

In 2009, NHS Ayrshire and Arran produced a DVD for Bliss, the special care baby charity, to help train parents in infant resuscitation.[14]

References

  1. ^ "University Hospital Crosshouse". NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "NHS Ayrshire & Arran - University Hospital Crosshouse". www.nhsaaa.net.
  3. ^ "University Hospital Crosshouse". NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ "North Ayrshire District General Hospital". Hansard. 9 December 1980. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Board told to reject faulty £10m hospital". The Glasgow Herald. 29 November 1978. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Happy Birthday NHSpublisher=Dialogue 2.0" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Stillbirth rate at Ayrshire maternity unit rises". Daily Record. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  8. ^ Wilson, Caroline (20 February 2012). "Anger as hospitals are given new names 'out of the blue'". Evening Times. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Crosshouse Hospital: Site locked down for three hours after stabbing and other 'serious incidents' in Kilmarnock". Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Kilmarnock hospital locked down for three hours after 'serious incidents'". BBC News. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Crosshouse Hospital Mar 13". Healthcare Improvement Scotland. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  12. ^ "University Hospital Crosshouse (Emergency Department) - Accident And Emergency".
  13. ^ "Ayrshire Maternity Unit, Crosshouse Hospital : Health : Scotland's New Buildings : Architecture in profile the building environment in Scotland". Urban Realm.
  14. ^ "Bliss Launch New Resuscitation DVD". Back to Life. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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