Carseview Centre

Carseview Centre
NHS Tayside
Shown in Dundee
Geography
Location	Dundee, Tayside, Scotland
Coordinates	56°27′48″N3°02′43″W / 56.4634°N 3.0453°W / 56.4634; -3.0453
Organisation
Care system	NHS Scotland
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	2001

The Carseview Centre is a mental health unit in the grounds of Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, Scotland. ^[1] It is located on Tom McDonald Avenue, named after the former Lord Provost of Dundee, ^[2] and takes its name from the location overlooking the Carse of Gowrie. It is managed by NHS Tayside. ^[3]

History

The centre, which was built at a cost of £10 million as an adult acute in-patient care centre for the Dundee area, opened in July 2001. ^{[4] [5] [6]} It took over some of the functions of Royal Dundee Liff Hospital ^[7] and originally had 74 beds but this had reduced to 66 beds by March 2014. ^[5] The centre was the subject of a BBC Scotland documentary, Breaking Point, broadcast in July 2018. ^[8]

References

1. "MHTS - Carseview Centre, Ninewells Hospital". www.mhtscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. "CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982 - PROPOSED STREET NAMES (AN134-2002)" (PDF). Dundee City Council. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
3. "NHS Tayside". www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
4. "Carseview Centre". Bellrock Group. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
5. "NHS Tayside". Health Improvement Scotland. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
6. "Rab Wilson: Families need answers on psychiatric unit deaths". The National. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
7. "THB 7 Royal Dundee Liff Hospital". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
8. "Breaking Point". BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2019.