Queen Margaret Hospital

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Queen Margaret Hospital is located in Dunfermline and one of two main hospitals in the kingdom of Fife. Queen Margaret caters for Dunfermline and the West Fife catchment area. The hospital has 21 wards, with five car park areas situated around the building to the east, south and west and an energy park to the north-east. The hospital is currently run by NHS Fife.HistoryThe first phase of Queen Margaret opened in 1985, although maternity services were still being dealt with at the Dunfermline Maternity Hospital. The hospital was praised by many people, when first opened, as one of the finest and modern in the UK. Michael Forsyth backed a plan for a £32 million second phase of Queen Margaret to be built in 1988, which was given the green light and work began in 1991. The local newspaper, Dunfermline Press fought hard to preserve a full service maternity unit for the area from being re-located to the Forth Park Hospital in Kirkcaldy.Upon completion of the new hospital, The Princess Royal, officially opened the second phase in 1993 with all of Dunfermline's hospital facilities now being dealt with on one site for the first time. This resulted in the immediate closure of three Dunfermline hospitals: Milesmark, Dunfermline and West Fife District Hospital and the Dunfermline Maternity where the latter is now used for business use. The hospital received NHS Trust status in 1994.FacilitiesServicesQueen Margaret has the following facilities. This include: endocrine and diabetes medicine, breast disease, in-patient nephrology and in-patient urology, maxillofacial and ophthalmic surgery. Acute surgical patients, making the hospital the trauma care for fife and outpatient antenatal care is also based here. Queen Margaret has a minor injury service since January 2012, when A&E services were centralised to Kirkcaldy. The hospital has CT scanning and eight operating theatres.