Queen Margaret Hospital is a

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

located in the town of

Dunfermline Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

, Scotland. It is managed by

NHS Fife NHS Fife is an NHS board which provides healthcare services in Fife, Scotland. It is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. Hospitals The board runs two main hospitals: * Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy * Queen Margaret Hospital in D ...

History

The hospital was commissioned to replace the Milesmark Hospital, the Dunfermline and West Fife District Hospital and the Dunfermline Maternity Hospital. The first phase of the new hospital, which excluded maternity services, opened in 1985. The second phase was completed in 1993 and the new facilities were officially opened by the Princess Royal later that year. From January 2012, all of Fife's accident and emergency services were located at the Victoria Hospital in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

. In 2014 improvements were made to the reception area aimed at making the area more welcoming.

Services

The hospital provides breast surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology and day surgery services.

Public transport

Various Stagecoach East Scotland bus services stop at the hospital. A railway station is within a ten-minute walk of the hospital.

Radio West Fife

Radio West Fife is the current hospital radio service broadcasting to Queen Margaret Hospital.

References

External links

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Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspection reports
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