University Hospital Wishaw

University Hospital Wishaw
NHS Lanarkshire
University Hospital Wishaw
Shown in North Lanarkshire
Geography
Location Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type District General
Services
Emergency department Yes:
Accident and Emergency
Beds 633
History
Founded 29 May 2001
Links
Website Wishaw General Hospital
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

University Hospital Wishaw (formerly known as Wishaw General Hospital) is a district general hospital in the Craigneuk area of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. The hospital is just 11 miles from Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, that lies to the north-west of Wishaw.

History

The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the aging Law Hospital in November 1998. The works, which were designed by the Percy Thomas Partnership and undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine[1] at a cost of £100 million,[2] were completed in February 2001.[3] The hospital was fully operation by the end on May 2001.[4]

In 2014 an Intensive Psychiatry Care Unit (IPCU) opened at the hospital.[5] In November 2017, NHS Lanarkshire renamed all three acute hospitals in the local area to reflect their new university teaching status.[6]

Facilities

Hospital Maternity Unit

The hospital opened with 633 inpatient beds, a 56-bed day-case unit and a day hospital that could accommodate 45 service users.[7] Lanarkshire inpatient maternity services are located at the hospital.[4] It became the second-largest maternity unit in Scotland, delivering 5,500 babies each year.[8]

The hospital has a paediatric neonatal unit, an MRI scanner, elderly care and psychiatric day hospitals, and an emergency care unit containing an integrated 24-hour accident and emergency unit with 36-bed ward. The hospital is operated by NHS Lanarkshire along with two other district general hospitals in the area, University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie and University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride. All three Lanarkshire hospitals have an accident and emergency department and specialist medical and surgical services ate distributed across the sites. Maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services are based in Wishaw.[9] Administered by NHS Lanarkshire,[8] Wishaw General Hospital serves a population of approximately 250,000 within the North Lanarkshire catchment area.[9] The wards are laid out as follows:[10]

Ward/AreaSpecialityNumber of beds
Ward 1Adult Mental Health23
Ward 2Adult Mental Health23
Ward 3Old Age Psychiatry23
Ward 4Medical/Cardiology24
Ward 5Medical/Gastroenterology24
Ward 6Medical/Endocrinology24
Ward 7Medical/Respiratory24
Ward 8Oncology/Rheumatology24
Ward 9Care of the Elderly25
Ward 10Care of the Elderly25
Ward 11Care of the Elderly25
Ward 12Care of the Elderly25
Ward 13Gynaecology14
Ward 14Orthopaedics24
Ward 15Orthopaedics24
Ward 16Surgical24
Ward 17Surgical24
Ward 18Surgical Receiving24
Ward 20Children's Ward24
Ward 21Maternity Triage/Transitional Care9
Ward 22Maternity23
Ward 24Maternity17
ECUEmergency Care Unit36
IPCUIntensive Psychiatric Care Unit6

Accessibility

The General Hospital lies 1 kilometre from the town's railway station to the south-east and Sheildmuir station just over half a kilometre to the west.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Who are Summit Healthcare?". Labour Party. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wishaw General set to cost taxpayers £813 million after controversial PFI contract". Daily Record. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Scotland's yards, Hospitality Design (on Findarticles.com), October 2001. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  4. 1 2 "Strides to provide that perfect service". The Herald. 26 June 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "New unit set up at Wishaw General". Motherwell Times. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Tennant, Niki (28 November 2017). "Wishaw General renamed by NHS Lanarkshire to reflect new university status". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Opening brings health benefits". Herald Scotland. 26 June 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Wishaw General Hospital". NHS Lanarkshire. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  9. 1 2 "Wishaw General Hospital". NHS Education for Scotland. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Wishaw Hospital sit map" (PDF). NHS Lanarkshire. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sheildmuir". National Rail. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

Coordinates: 55°46′25″N 3°56′31″W / 55.77361°N 3.94194°W / 55.77361; -3.94194

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