The Golden Jubilee University National Hospital is a hospital in

Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...

, near

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, Scotland. It was opened in 1994 and is managed by a Special Health Board appointed by

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History

Site

The site was once part of the

William Beardmore and Company William Beardmore and Company was a British engineering and shipbuilding conglomerate based in Glasgow and the surrounding Clydeside area. It was active from 1886 to the mid-1930s and at its peak employed about 40,000 people. It was founded and ...

Naval Construction Works. Built between 1901 and 1906, the yard covered nearly , making it was one of the largest shipyards in the UK. It produced a large range of products, including ships of all descriptions, aircraft, airships, tanks, guns, shells and mines. After the

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, it constructed locomotives and steel houses. The yard became uneconomic in the 1920s and closed its gates for the last time in 1930. Later used as ROF Dalmuir, many of the buildings survived into the 1980s, with some shipbreaking on the site.

Hospital

The building was designed by

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Boston (TAC) USA with Keppie Henderson Architects Glasgow and planning permission was granted in October 1988. The hospital was built as a private hospital by the American company Health Care International at a cost of was £180 million and opened in March 1994. Six months after opening, receivers were involved and several months after that, it was being run by the Middle Eastern-based Abu Dhabi Investment Company. The controversial venture proved unsuccessful in private hands and the hospital was purchased in 2002 by the Scottish Executive for the

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, at a cost of £37.5 million. Initially known as the National Waiting Times Centre, it was soon renamed the Golden Jubilee National Hospital. A new two-theatre

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suite was added in 2003, amongst the most advanced in Europe. The hospital used to house the headquarters and western call-centre for

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, the telephone helpline until the lease was terminated and NHS 24 moved to Aurora House in Clydebank. On 13 April 2022, after the hospital was awarded university status by the University of Strathclyde, the hospital was renamed the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital.

Services

The Golden Jubilee University National Hospital occupies the north bank of the

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Dalmuir Dalmuir (; gd, Dail Mhoire) is an area northwest of Glasgow, Scotland, on the western side of Clydebank, and part of West Dunbartonshire Council Area. The name is a lowland Scots derivation of the Gaelic meaning Big Field. The area was ori ...

, but receives referrals from across the country. The

hospital is Scotland's flagship hospital for reducing patient waiting times. The NHS National Waiting Times Centre is an NHS Special Board made up of two distinct parts – the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital and the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel. The hospital is home to the West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, which opened in 2007. It carries out the most

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surgeries in the

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and

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. It provides regional and national services; including the West of Scotland Optimal Reperfusion Service, providing primary angioplasty. The centre has five cath labs including a dedicated electrophysiology lab. The hospital is one of the leading hospitals for orthopaedics in UK. The Orthopaedics department pioneered a CALEDONIAN technique for postoperative pain relief, quick mobilisation and early discharge of patients. It is a centres where computer assisted joint replacements are performed and has done extensive research in this field.

Hotel

The on-site Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel is a 168-room four-star hotel and conference centre. Formerly known as the Beardmore Hotel, it was built to accommodate the relatives of the wealthy private patients. Now also owned by the National Health Service, it hosts medical conferences.

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* Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II Hospital buildings completed in 1994 Buildings and structures in West Dunbartonshire NHS Scotland hospitals 1994 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1994 Teaching hospitals in Scotland Organisations based in West Dunbartonshire Clydebank {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Jubilee University National Hospital University of Strathclyde