Falkirk Community Hospital is a community hospital in

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

, Scotland. It is managed by

NHS Forth Valley NHS Forth Valley is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling area. NHS Forth Valley is headquartered in Castle Business Park, Stirling. Hospitals NHS Forth Valley ...

History

The hospital has its origins in a cottage hospital completed in 1882. A new hospital designed by William John Smith Gibson was built and opened by

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as the Falkirk Royal Infirmary in 1932. Emergency medical scheme huts were built on the site during the

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. Additions included the Falkirk Ward completed in 1966 and the Windsor Unit completed in the late 1980s. After many of the services were transferred to the

Forth Valley Royal Hospital Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a hospital located in Larbert, Scotland. With 860 inpatient beds, 25 wards, and 16 operating theatres, it was Scotland's largest ever NHS construction project at the time but has been surpassed by th ...

, the Falkirk Royal Infirmary was downgraded to the status of community hospital in 2010. The minor injury unit, which treated emergency cases of a non life-threatening nature, closed in July 2011.

References

NHS Scotland hospitals Hospital buildings completed in 1882 1882 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1882 Hospitals in Falkirk (council area) {{UK-hospital-stub