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Mr. Ross
During the year from 1st April, 1966 to 31st March, 1967 it is estimated that work to the value of £11.8 million was carried out on hospital building in Scotland at the expense of the National Health Service (Scotland) Vote:278W
this figure compares with £8.1 million in 1964–65 and £9.9 million in 1965–66.
The units provided during the year in new or converted buildings include 752 beds, 10 operating theatres and a variety of other hospital facilities. The value of these completed schemes was £9,054,000.
The total cost of all schemes in progress on 31st March, 1967, by type of development, is made up as follows:—
|
Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| New hospitals |
23,553,000 |
| Additional beds in existing hospitals |
8,683,000 |
| Other ward improvements |
1,334,000 |
| Operating theatres |
580,000 |
| X-ray and radiotherapy departments |
705,000 |
| Out-patient and casualty departments |
1,304,000 |
| Other medical departments |
3,373,000 |
| Laundries, kitchen and engineering works |
3,424,000 |
| Other departments |
2,257,000 |
|
45,213,000 |
Further particulars of schemes costing over £50,000 completed during the year, started during the year, and others in progress at the end of the year are as follows:—
| SCHEMES COSTING OVER £50,000 COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST MARCH, 1967 |
|
Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| Northern Region |
|
| Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness |
|
| Internal heating |
50,000 |
| Ross Memorial Hospital, Dingwall |
|
| Maternity unit containing 16 beds and physiotherapy unit |
117,000 |
| North-Eastern Region |
|
| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
|
| Extension stage I—129 beds, operating theatre suite, X-ray department, and central hospital services |
1,806,000 (1) |
| Foresterhill Site, Aberdeen |
|
| College of Nursing |
342,000 |
| Central sterile service department and laundry |
519,000 |
| Morningfield Hospital, Aberdeen |
|
| Modernisation to provide a geriatric unit of 26 beds |
74,000 |
| Aberdeen Maternity Hospital Ante-natal clinic |
124,000 |
| Ladysbridge Hospital, Banff |
|
| Three 30-bedded villas for low-grade patients |
215,000 |
| Central building complex |
240,000 |
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Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| Chalmers Hospital, Banff |
|
| Reorganisation of kitchen, etc. |
53,000 |
| Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall |
|
| Maternity unit of 12 beds |
66,000 |
| Eastern Region |
|
| Dundee Royal Infirmary |
|
| Neuro-surgical unit containing 27 beds and ancillary services |
175,000 |
| South-Eastern Region |
|
| Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Replacement of boiler plant |
76,000 |
| Elsie Inglis Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Labour ward; isolation unit and staff quarters; moderernisation of engineering services |
262,000 |
| City Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Pharmacy and stores |
67,000 |
| Steam mains |
59,000 |
| Electrical distribution |
78,000 |
| Western Region |
|
| Knightswood Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Central laundry and boiler-house |
366,000 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow |
|
| New casualty and admission block |
259,000 (2) |
| Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow Upgrading |
80,000 |
| Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Conversion of two wards for orthopaedic patients |
64,000 |
| Robroyston Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Boiler plant |
58,000 |
| Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow |
|
| Intensive care unit |
82,000 |
| Out-patient department |
584,000 |
| Cowglen Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| New geriatric unit containing 244 beds with supporting facilities |
463,000 |
| Dunoon and District General Hospital |
|
| New 71 bed hospital |
525,000 |
| Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary |
|
| New ward block with 120 beds and operating theatre suite |
653,000 |
| Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert |
|
| 14 staff houses |
56,000 |
| (1) Includes £100,000 from endowment funds. |
| (2) Includes £65,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| SCHEMES COSTING OVER £50,000 STARTED DURING THE YEAR TO 31ST MARCH, 1967 |
|
Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| North-Eastern Region |
|
| Foresterhill Site |
|
| Medical school extension and refectory |
350,000 (1) |
| Dr. Gray's and Bilbohall Hospitals, Elgin |
|
| Modernisation |
334,000 (2) |
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|
Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| Ladysbridge Hospital, Banff |
|
| 30 bed villa |
85,000 |
| Eastern Region |
|
| Royal Dundee Liff Hospital |
|
| Occupational therapy department |
99,000 |
| Asludie Hospital, Monifieth |
|
| Geriatric pavilion of 70 beds |
160,000(3) |
| Sunnyside Royal Hospital, Montrose |
|
| Electrical rewiring |
61,000 |
| Stracathro Hospital, Brechin General improvements |
470,000 |
| South-Eastern Region |
|
| Western General Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| New out-patient department |
1,755,000 (4) |
| Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Geriatric unit Phase I (60 beds) |
485,000 |
| Scottish Hospital Catering School, Edinburgh |
66,000 |
| Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, Fife |
|
| Adolescent unit |
95,000 |
| Bangour Hospital, West Lothian |
|
| Upgrading accommodation |
163,000 |
| Burns unit |
63,000 |
| Western Region |
|
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow |
|
| Reconstruction of hospital Stage I—residential accommodation and preliminary works |
550,000 |
| Temporary bio-chemistry laboratory |
52,000 (5) |
| Royal Maternity Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| New lifts |
55,000 |
| Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Nurse training school |
82,000 |
| Pathology laboratories |
83,000 |
| Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Renewal of distribution mains |
163,000 |
| Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| New Kitchen and dining rooms |
379,000 |
| New pharmacy |
110,000 |
| Glasgow Royal Infirmary Renal dialysis unit |
52,000 |
| Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow Alterations for linear accelerator |
84,000 |
| Cresswell Maternity Hospital, Dumfries |
|
| Phase III of extension (residential accommodation, kitchen and dining rooms) |
109,000 |
| Blawarthill Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Upgrading geriatric wards |
54,000 |
| Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria |
|
| New maternity unit of 81 beds |
1,209,000 |
| Garrick Hospital, Stranraer Ward unit |
75,000 |
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Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Phase II of upgrading to provide services for new geriatric unit |
206,000 |
| Cleland Hospital, Lanarkshire |
|
| Upgrading ward 2–56 new beds |
56,000 |
| Law Hospital, Carluke |
|
| Casualty unit |
135,000 |
| Birkwood Hospital, Lesmahagow |
|
| New kitchen premises |
65,000 |
| Regional Physics Department, Glasgow |
|
| Extension |
287,000 |
| (1) Hospital Board share of University scheme. |
| (2) Includes £5,000 from endowment funds. |
| (3) To be financed wholly from endowment funds. |
| (4) Includes £203,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| (5) Includes £26,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| Other schemes costing over £50,000 in progress at 31st March, 1967 |
| Northern Region |
|
| Central Hospital, Inverness |
|
| Stage I of new hospital comprising out-patient, accident and diagnostic departments, central laboratory, boiler-house and engineering services |
1,728,000 |
| Craig Phadrig Hospital, Inverness |
|
| New mental deficiency hospital phase I to provide 229 beds and supporting facilities |
1,477,000 |
| North-Eastern Region |
|
| New General Hospital, Fraserburgh |
|
| To provide 72 beds and supporting facilities |
508,000 |
| Eastern Region |
|
| Dundee Royal Infirmary and Maryfield Hospital |
|
| Upgrading—interim works |
144,000 (1) |
| Dundee Dental Hospital and School |
|
| Extension |
924,000 (2) |
| Ninewells Hospital, Dundee |
|
| New teaching hospital and medical school consisting of 755 beds and supporting facilities |
15,291,000 (3) |
| Kings Cross Hospital, Dundee |
|
| Cubicle block phase II |
91,000 |
| Bridge of Earn Hospital |
|
| New X-ray department |
101,000 |
| South-Eastern Region |
|
| Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh |
|
| Eye department including 72 beds etc. |
693,000 (4) |
| Western General Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Improvement of basic services (including temporary dining room) |
134,000 |
| Transplantation surgery unit |
220,000 (5) |
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Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Replacement of boiler plant |
73,000 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh |
|
| New out-patient department and child psychiatric unit |
151,000 |
| City Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Nurses' home development |
58,000 |
| Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh |
|
| Extension to provide 184 beds and supporting facilities |
857,000 (6) |
| Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy |
|
| Second extension containing 240 beds, out-patient department and other facilities |
2,332,000 |
| Milesmark Hospital, Dunfermline |
|
| Out-patient department, boiler plant, administration ward block, ward 3 and mortuary |
446,000 |
| Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline |
|
| New mental deficiency hospital with 420 beds and supporting facilities |
2,060,000 |
| Cameron Hospital, Windygates Geriatric unit of 60 beds and supporting facilities |
206,000 |
| Central Laundry, Kirkcaldy |
290,000 |
| Glenlomond Hospital, Kinross |
|
| Renewal of boiler plant |
67,000 |
| Western Region |
|
| Drumchapel Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Geriatric unit with 120 beds etc. |
401,000 |
| Royal Infirmary, Glasgow |
|
| Conversion of accommodation for pulmonary function |
112,000 |
| Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| New plastic surgery unit with 138 beds |
1,007,000 (7) |
| Geriatric unit with 120 beds |
427,000 |
| Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| New laundry |
274,000 |
| Boiler plant |
103,000 |
| Glasgow Dental Hospital and School |
|
| Extension |
2,062,000 (8) |
| Southern General Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| New maternity unit with 139 beds |
1,423,000 |
| Shieldhall Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Geriatric unit with 60 beds |
151,000 |
| Gartloch Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Phase II of upgrading admission block |
58,000 |
| Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Geriatric unit with 120 beds |
337,000 |
| Hartwood Hospital, Shotts |
|
| Heating installation |
70,000 |
| Rankin Memorial Hospital, Greenock |
|
| General practitioner maternity unit with 12 beds |
84,000 |
| Bellsdyke Hospital, Larbert |
|
| 6 ward blocks with 360 replacement beds |
789,000 |
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Estimated Cost |
|
£ |
| Royal Scottish National Hospital, Larbert |
|
| Phase III of extension providing 152 beds |
261,000 |
| Foresthall Hospital, Glasgow |
|
| Upgrading 2 geriatric blocks |
150,000 |
| (1) Includes £12,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| (2) Includes £312,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| (3) Includes £3,593,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| (4) Includes £68,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| (5) Includes £190,000 from the Nuffield Foundation. |
| (6) Includes £137,000 from endowment funds. |
| (7) Includes £6,000 from the University Grants Committee. |
| (8) Includes £627,000 from the University Grants Committee. |