Cowal Community Hospital

Cowal Community Hospital
NHS Highland
Dunoon Community Hospital - geograph.org.uk -1209578
Geography
Location Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°57′33″N 4°55′40″W / 55.959257°N 4.9277880°W / 55.959257; -4.9277880Coordinates: 55°57′33″N 4°55′40″W / 55.959257°N 4.9277880°W / 55.959257; -4.9277880
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type NHS Community Hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds 14
History
Founded 1966
Links
Website Cowal Community Hospital at NHS Highland
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Cowal Community Hospital is a Community Hospital in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute in the West of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. This hospital provides cover for the Cowal peninsula population, numbering some fifteen thousand people.[1]

History

Dunoon and District General Hospital opened in 1966 with 74 beds, mainly configured in four-bed wards.[2]

It has a GP-led Accident and Emergency Department, a Maternity Unit, Dental Surgery Suite, an eight bed General Ward and there is also numerous Consultant led Clinics held at the hospital.[3]

Dunoon Hospice

funded by NHS Highland, a four bed hospice and two supported care bedsHospice are located within Cowal Community Hospital.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://statistics.gov.scot/
  2. ↑ "Duchess to Open Dunoon Hospital". The Glasgow Herald. 24 October 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dunoon Hospital". Nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Cowal Hospice Trust". Cowal Hospice Trust. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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