Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

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Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Location
Place	Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, (UK)
Organisation
Care System	Public NHS
Hospital Type	General Hospital
Services
Emergency Dept.	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	392 [1]
History
Founded	Unknown
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is the main hospital in Dumfries. The hospital serves both the town of Dumfries and the entire catchment area of South West Scotland with the population of at least 147,000.^[2] The hospital is run by the NHS Dumfries and Galloway Hospital Trust and a supporter of the Princess Royal Trust for the Carers Hospital project. ^[3]

[edit] Facilities

[edit] Services

The Royal Infirmary provides the main centre for many facilities in the area. This includes the centralised A&E department, children's ward, ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Unit, Intensive Case Unit (ICU) and a radiology department including X-Ray. An extension including a day surgery unit and the Creswell maternity ward have been added in recent years. The Creswell maternity ward ^[4] contains both a neonatal unit and an appropriate special baby care unit for this type of hospital. ^[5] Dumfries is also unique in having the only central sterile service department, north of the border. ^[6]

[edit] Macmillian Cancer Centre

An extension on the building houses a Macmillian cancer hospice, open since December 2003. ^[7]

[edit] New dental unit

A new dental unit has been proposed to be built on the site, until the car park problem has been cleared. ^[8]

[edit] Crichton Royal Hospital

The Crichton Royal Hospital is part of the Royal Infimary complex, situated close to the main site. ^[9]

[edit] Traffic Management Document

The hospital, along with the nearby Crichton Royal, are both notourious for having a lack of car park space and inadequant access. Dumfries and Galloway NHS Trust have been in touch with the firm, MVA to outline a traffic management document to solve the current problems over the access and how to improve car park facilities within the hospital. ^[10] The report concluded: that the outpatient and A&E department had the greatest demand for more car park spaces; during peak times, there was a shortage of car park spaces; frequent cases where disabled and parents with children spaces were taken by other car drivers and cars being parked in hazardous areas such as yellow lines, emergency access and grassy verges. ^[11]

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