Gartnavel Royal Hospital

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Gartnavel Royal Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Geography
Location Great Western Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland
Hospital type Psychiatric hospital
Affiliated university University of Glasgow
Services
Emergency department No
Beds 117
History
Founded 1814
1843 (moved to Gartnavel)
Links
Website Gartnavel Royal Hospital
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Gartnavel Royal Hospital is a mental health facility based in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City; covering Hillhead, Partick, Scotstoun, Yoker, Clydebank, Drumchapel, Bearsden and Milngavie. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this has recently moved to a new psychiatric unit at Stobhill Hospital. Originally opened as the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum in 1814 in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow,[1] it became the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1824.[2]

The facility moved to new premises designed by Charles Wilson in 1843,[3] becoming the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital in 1931 and the Gartnavel Royal Hospital in 1963.[2] Sir David Henderson was physician-superintendent at the hospital from 1921 to 1932. Donald Ewen Cameron worked at the hospital during the 1920s and R. D. Laing worked at the hospital for a number of years during the 1950s.

In December 1972, the Gartnavel General Hospital opened on the same site.[4]

As of 2006, some of the buildings are unused.[5][6] The modernisation of Gartnavel Royal was completed in 2007 and today a new 117-bed hospital building serves a significant population of Glaswegian inpatients, along with mental health facilities at Stobhill Hospital and Parkhead Hospital.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sarah Hepworth (February 2006). "Book of the Month February 2006". Glasgow University Library. Retrieved 2006-11-28. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alistair Tough (23 July 1998). "Records of Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland". Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archive. Retrieved 2006-11-28. 
  3. ↑ "Gartnavel Asylum". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 2006-11-28. 
  4. ↑ "Gartnavel Gala To Mark 30 Great Years". NHS Greater Glasgow. October 14, 2003. Retrieved 2006-11-29. 
  5. ↑ "Gartnavel". Urban Desertion. August 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-28. 
  6. ↑ "Gartnavel". Flickr. September 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-01. 
  7. ↑ "Gartnavel Royal Hospital". Scottish Executive Health Department. October 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-28. 

Coordinates: 55°52′59″N 4°19′05″W / 55.88314°N 4.31798°W / 55.88314; -4.31798


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