Victoria_Integrated_Care_Centre,_Helensburgh

Victoria Integrated Care Centre, Helensburgh

Victoria Integrated Care Centre, Helensburgh

Hospital in Helensburgh, Scotland

The Victoria Integrated Care Centre is a health facility in Helensburgh, Scotland.[1] It is managed by NHS Highland.[1]

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History

The 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

The 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

  1. [1]
    "Victoria Integrated Care Centre". NHS Highland. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Records of Victoria Infirmary, Helensburgh, Scotland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Helensburgh Infectious Diseases Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Helensburgh Heritage Trust". Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. [5]
    "What next for Jeanie Deans?". Helensburgh Advertiser. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Helensburgh Jeanie Deans Unit - Adaptation & upgrade" (PDF). Argyll & Bute CHP Committee. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Health Services". Helensburgh Info: Community Info. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  8. [8]
    "Infirmary now little used". Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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