Dumbarton Joint Hospital

Dumbarton Joint Hospital
Dumbarton Joint Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
	Dumbarton Joint Hospital
	Shown in West Dunbartonshire
Geography
Location	Cardross Road, Dumbarton, Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′55″N4°35′41″W / 55.9486°N 4.5948°W
Organisation
Care system	NHS Scotland
Type	Geriatric
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	1898
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

Last updated December 30, 2025

Dumbarton Joint Hospital is a health facility on Cardross Road in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

History

The facility, which was designed by John McLean Crawford (1854-1950), was established as an infectious diseases hospital in 1898.^[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and subsequently focused on provision of geriatric care^[2] with some wards specialising in dementia and other mental health difficulties.^[3]

References

↑ "Dumbarton Joint Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
↑ "Geriatric Accommodation (West Dunbartonshire)". Hansard. 27 January 1972. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
↑ "Dumbarton dementia ward bowled over by donation from Helensburgh club". Helensburgh Advertiser. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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[1] "Dumbarton Joint Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[2] "Geriatric Accommodation (West Dunbartonshire)". Hansard. 27 January 1972. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[3] "Dumbarton dementia ward bowled over by donation from Helensburgh club". Helensburgh Advertiser. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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