Stirling Health and Care Village is a health and care facility at Livilands Gate in

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, Scotland. It is managed by

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as well as Stirling and Clackmannanshire's HSCP. It was formerly known as Stirling Community Hospital.

History

The facility had its origins in a public dispensary established in 1830. It moved to the former Commercial Bank building in Spittal Street as the Stirling Royal Infirmary in June 1874. A children's ward and a staff accommodation block were added in 1913. A new purpose-built facility at Livilands Gate designed by James Miller (1860-1947) was built and officially opened by the

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and

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in August 1928. Emergency medical scheme huts were built on the site during the

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. It joined the

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in 1948 and subsequent additions included a chest unit and pharmacy in 1955 and a new maternity hospital in 1969. After many of the services transferred to the

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in 2010, the Stirling Royal Infirmary was downgraded to the status of a community hospital. The site has since been redeveloped as the Stirling Health and Care Village.

References

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