Stratheden Hospital

Stratheden Hospital
NHS Fife
Geography
Location Cupar, Fife,
 Scotland
Organisation
Care system NHS
Funding Public hospital
Hospital type Community hospital
History
Founded 1866
Links
Website http://www.nhsfife.org/stratheden/

Stratheden Hospital is a small community hospital in Cupar, Fife which was originally called Fife and Kinross District Asylum. Its name was changed to Stratheden Hospital in 1948. It was built in 1866 and redeveloped in 1896, 1905 and 2015-2016. It primarily focuses on psychiatric health issues.[1][2]

History

The hospital was opened on 1 July 1866. When the hospital was opened, 159 patients were recorded on the roster although the hospital was built to accommodate up to 200. The first chief physician, John Batty Tuke, pioneered the hospitals "open door" policy and helped change traditional methods of psychiatric care. Due to overcrowding, the hospital was extended in 1896. Costing over £20,000, the extension increased the patient capacity to 600 and a further two new hospital wings were also built in 1905 due to the high number of patients.[2]

The creation of the NHS in 1948 completely changed the British health system and how hospitals were organised. The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 resulted in the name of the hospital changing from Fife and Kinross District Asylum to Stratheden Hospital on 7 July 1948.[2]

Plans for a new Intensive psychiatric care unit at Stratheden were approved in 2014 and construction began in 2015. The extension cost £4.4 million and includes a communal lounge, rooms for rehabilitative and therapeutic activities, access to an outdoor courtyard, private meeting rooms for visits from families or visitors, an IT suite and eight new patient en-suite rooms.[3] It was opened in May 2016.[4]

Wards and Facilities

Stratheden Hospital has nine wards:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Stratheden Hospital". NHSfife. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Records of Stratheden Hospital". Fifedirect. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Replacement of the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit". NHSfife. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Stunning new £4.4 million psychiatric care unit opens doors at Stratheden Hospital". The Courier. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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