County Community Hospital, Invergordon

County Community Hospital is a health facility in Saltburn Road, Invergordon, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.

County Community Hospital
NHS Highland
County Community Hospital
Shown in Ross and Cromarty
Geography
LocationSaltburn Road, Invergordon, Highland, Scotland
Coordinates57.6963°N 4.1518°W / 57.6963; -4.1518
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1917

History

The facility has its origins in a naval hospital which was established on the site in 1917.[1][2] Casualties were transported to Invergorden by steam drifter and then to the hospital by train during the First World War.[3] It became an infectious diseases hospital in 1920 and, after being renamed the County Hospital,[4] joined the National Health Service in 1948. After the old hospital became decrepit, a new facility was procured under a private finance initiative contract. The new facility, which was built by Robertson Group at a cost of £8.8 million,[5] opened in October 2005.[6]

References
  1. "County Community Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. "Invergordon, Royal Naval Dockyard, Naval Hospital". Canmore. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. "WWI Royal Navy Hospital - Invergordon". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. "Invergordon Joint Hospital, c.1925". Ambaile. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. "Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. "Easter Ross Primary Care Resource Centre" (PDF). NHS Highland. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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