The Victoria Integrated Care Centre is a health facility in Helensburgh, Scotland.[1] It is managed by NHS Highland.[1]
| Victoria Integrated Care Centre | |
|---|---|
| NHS Highland | |
 The Victoria Infirmary Building | |
  Shown in Argyll and Bute | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Helensburgh, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°00′10″N 4°42′55″W / 56.0028°N 4.7152°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Integrated Care Centre |
| History | |
| Opened | 1876 |
| Links | |
| Website | website |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
History
editThe facility has its origins in the Helensburgh Hospital which was financed by a legacy from Anne Alexander and which opened as a hospital for both infectious and non-infectious diseases in 1876.[2][3] A new hospital, designed by William Leiper and intended to deal purely with non-infectious cases, opened on a near-by site in September 1895.[2] It became the Victoria Infirmary to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.[2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and an extension providing new physiotherapy, X-ray and out-patient facilities opened in 1951.[2]
The Jeanie Deans Unit, which was built to the south of the infirmary building, received a visit by the Princess Royal in 1998.[3][4] It was redeveloped as a modern integrated care centre in 2009.[5][6]
Services
editThe site comprises the Victoria Infirmary Building, the Jeanie Deans Centre, the Community Base and the Out-Patient Department.[7] The Victoria Infirmary Building is now little used.[8] The Jeanie Deans Centre now provides a base for outreach Mental Health Services including consultants/CPNs and clinical psychology. In addition, there are out-patient facilities for Chiropody. The former nurses' home has been converted into a base for community staff working within the area including nurse, community paediatric and administrative staff. The Out-Patient Department provides facilities for a number of visiting consultants together with X-ray, physiotherapy and dental departments.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Victoria Integrated Care Centre". NHS Highland. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Records of Victoria Infirmary, Helensburgh, Scotland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Helensburgh Infectious Diseases Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Helensburgh Heritage Trust". Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "What next for Jeanie Deans?". Helensburgh Advertiser. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Helensburgh Jeanie Deans Unit - Adaptation & upgrade" (PDF). Argyll & Bute CHP Committee. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Health Services". Helensburgh Info: Community Info. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Infirmary now little used". Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 20 January 2019.