University Hospital Ayr is a general hospital on the outskirts of
Ayr
Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area and the historic Shires of Scotlan ...
,
Scotland
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. It covers a catchment area of approximately 100,000 people in
South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire ( sco, Sooth Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir a Deas, ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. On 30 June 2 ...
and is managed by
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 2004.
It has a responsibility to provide health and social care to almost 400,000 people with an operating budget of around £700 million (for 2013†...
.
History
The hospital, which replaced the
Ayr County Hospital
Ayr County Hospital was a health facility in Holmston Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The facility had its origins in an establishment known as the Ayr, Newton and Wallacetown Dispensary which opened in 1817 and was replaced by a ...
,
Heathfield Hospital
Heathfield Hospital was a health facility in Heathfield Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The facility, which was designed by John Eaglesham (1855-1922), opened as the Burgh Fever Hospital in June 1905. It joined the National Healt ...
and
Seafield Children's Hospital
The Seafield Children's Hospital was a health facility in Doonfoot Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.
History
Seafield House, which was originally commissioned by Sir William Arrol for use as his home, wa ...
, was built on part of the site of
Ailsa Hospital
Ailsa Hospital is a mental health facility located in the southeastern outskirts of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
History
In 1864, the Dundee-based architectural practice Edward and Robertson won the c ...
and opened as the Ayr Hospital by then-Prime Minister
John Major
Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997, and as Member of Parliament ...
in 1991.
In March 2012 it became University Hospital Ayr as a result of the partnership with the
University of the West of Scotland
The University of the West of Scotland ( gd, Oilthigh na h-Alba an Iar), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Blantyre, South Lanar ...
.
The
accident and emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pati ...
had been due to close with services being transferred to
Crosshouse Hospital
University Hospital Crosshouse, known locally as Crosshouse Hospital or simply Crosshouse is a large district general hospital at Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, Scotland. It provides services to the North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire areas and is ma ...
in Kilmarnock. However, the incoming
SNP government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
cancelled the planned closure in June 2007.
Services
The hospital has 333 beds and provides a number of services including
ophthalmology
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...
and
audiology
Audiology (from Latin , "to hear"; and from Greek , ''-logia'') is a branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Audiologists treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage. By employing various ...
.
References
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Hospital buildings completed in 1991
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Hospitals in South Ayrshire
NHS Scotland hospitals
1991 establishments in Scotland
Hospitals established in 1991
Buildings and structures in Ayr