| Southern General Hospital | |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
|---|---|
| Main Administrative Building at the Southern General Hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Glasgow |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 900 |
| Speciality | Neuroscience Spinal cord injury |
| History | |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Links | |
| Website | Southern General Hospital |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United Kingdom |
The Southern General Hospital (SGH) is a large teaching hospital with an acute operational bed complement of approximately 900 beds. The Hospital is located in Linthouse in the south west of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom and provides a comprehensive range of acute and related clinical services.
The hospital was originally built as the Govan Combination Poorhouse. The hospital’s earliest buildings were located in old cavalry barracks at Eglinton Street. In 1872 a new 240 bed Poor Law hospital and 180 patient lunatic asylum were built at the present site at Merryflats in Govan. In 1902–1905 major extensions provided 700 more beds. In 1912 Govan was absorbed into Glasgow and from 1912 until the formation of the NHS in 1948, the hospital was run by Glasgow Parish Council and then from 1930 by Glasgow Corporation. The hospital was formally renamed the Southern General Hospital in 1923.
Upgrading of the hospital’s facilities began during the 1950s and culminated in the opening of a new Maternity Unit in 1970 and the completion of the Institute of Neurological Sciences in 1972, where the Glasgow Coma Scale was devised by Graham Teasdale and Bryan J. Jennett in 1974.
General Hospital services are provided for the south-west of the city, with some services provided for the whole city and wider region. Services include Accident and Emergency, Dermatology, ENT, General Medicine (including sub-specialties), General Surgery (including sub-specialties), Medicine for the Elderly (including Assessment, Rehabilitation and Day Services), Gynaecology, Neonatal Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Physically Disabled Rehabilitation and Continuing Care.
The Obstetrics, Urology, Ophthalmology and Dermatology Departments provide the single in-patient location for the whole population of South Glasgow. The Division manages the Dermatology Service for the whole city.
The Maxillofacial Department for the whole city was centralised at the hospital in the autumn of 2002, providing trauma and elective surgery and specialist provision for head and neck cancer.
South and West Glasgow’s in-patient Gynaecology service was centralised at the Southern General Hospital in late 2003, bringing together on one site a range of services from across the city. The Assessment and Rehabilitation service for the Physically Disabled is also provided for the whole city from the Southern General Hospital.
There is also a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services including Audiology, Clinical Psychology, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, ECG, Physiotherapy, Radiology (including MRI and CT provision for the general hospital service), Speech Therapy and Clinical Neurophysiology (Including EEG, EMG and evoked potentials).[1]