The Victoria Integrated Care Centre is a health facility in

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, Scotland. It is managed by

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History

The facility has its origins in the Helensburgh Hospital which was financed by a legacy from Anne Alexander and which opened as a hospital for both infectious and non-infectious diseases in 1876. A new hospital, designed by

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and intended to deal purely with non-infectious cases, opened on a near-by site in September 1895. It became the Victoria Infirmary to commemorate

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in 1897. The hospital joined the

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in 1948 and an extension providing new physiotherapy, X-ray and out-patient facilities opened in 1951. The Jeanie Deans Unit, which was built to the south of the infirmary building, received a visit by the

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in 1998. It was redeveloped as a modern integrated care centre in 2009.

Services

The site comprises the Victoria Infirmary Building, the Jeanie Deans Centre, the Community Base and the Out-Patient Department. The Victoria Infirmary Building is now little used. The Jeanie Deans Centre now provides a base for outreach Mental Health Services including consultants/ CPNs and

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. In addition, there are out-patient facilities for

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. The former nurses' home has been converted into a base for community staff working within the area including

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, community paediatric and administrative staff. The Out-Patient Department provides facilities for a number of visiting consultants together with

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and dental departments.

References

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