The NHS Centre for Integrative Care, formerly the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, is an NHS treatment centre specialising in holistic treatments, including the use of homeopathy, on the Gartnavel Hospital campus in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
| NHS Centre for Integrative Care | |
|---|---|
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
 NHS Centre for Integrative Care | |
  Shown in Glasgow | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gartnavel Hospital Campus, Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°52′51″N 4°18′47″W / 55.8807°N 4.3131°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | integrative medicine |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Scotland |
History
editThe hospital has its origins in a small facility located at Berkeley Street which was funded by the Houldsworth family and opened as the Houldsworth Homeopathic Dispensary in March 1909.[2][3][4] It moved to 5 Lynedoch Crescent in May 1914[4] and then to a substantial villa in Great Western Road in 1931[4] before joining the National Health Service as the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital in 1948.[3]
It moved to the Gartnavel Hospital campus in 1999[2] and became the NHS Centre for Integrative Care in 2014.[5]
Proposed closure
editThere have been prolonged efforts to de-fund homeopathic treatments within the NHS.[6] As of October 2015[update], NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Highland and NHS Lothian had ceased to make referrals to the centre.[7] NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has proposed that the centre may be reassigned to become a new centre for the treatment of chronic pain.[1][7] Plans to close the unit were put forward by Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board in 2017. As of 2018[update], the Centre for Integrative Care was still operating, with an annual budget of £1.7M.[8][6]
As of 2021[update] NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde continues to mention homeopathic treatments on its website.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Bradford, Eleanor (17 February 2014). "Glasgow homeopathic hospital tipped to be pain centre". BBC News. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b "NHS Centre for Integrative Care - History". NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow". National Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Insight: Terminal diagnosis for homeopathy". The Scotsman. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ a b Garavelli, Dani (9 June 2018). "Insight: Terminal diagnosis for homeopathy". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b Chris McCall (23 October 2015). "In numbers: Scotland's only homeopathic hospital". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Harrison, Sian (5 June 2018). "Scotland only place in UK funding £1.7m homeopathy after NHS England pull plug". dailyrecord. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "NHSGGC : Homeopathy". www.nhsggc.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.