Glasgow Victoria Infirmary

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Victoria infirmary
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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Old Victoria Infirmary Buildings
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Shown in Glasgow
Geography
LocationLangside Road, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°49′39″N4°16′03″W / 55.82742°N 4.26746°W / 55.82742; -4.26746
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Glasgow
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds370
History
Opened1890
Closed2015
Links
Website Victoria Infirmary
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

The Victoria infirmary was a teaching hospital situated at Langside/Battlefield in the south-east of Glasgow from 1880 until 2015. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

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History

A competition was held to design a 120-bedded hospital and this attracted 46 entries from architects around the UK. [1] Campbell Douglas & Sellars won the competition to design the new voluntary hospital for the city's South Side in 1882. [2] Building work began in 1888 and the infirmary was officially opened on 14 February 1890. [2] The original buildings consisted of a central administration block, a lodge and one pavilion. [1] A nurses' home was added in the 1890s and additional pavilions were added in 1902, to a design by Harry Edward Clifford, and in 1906. [1]

The Victoria Infirmary obtained General Nursing Council approval for providing a 4 year nurse training course in 1918. [3] Nurses who completed their training after 1923 were presented with the Victoria Infirmary solid silver badge with the puma emblem on it. [4]

A new wing added an additional 120 beds to the hospital in 1927, [5] another block provided a further 30 beds in 1931 and a further extension provided a further 50 beds in 1935. [6] By 1939 the hospital had 555 beds. [7]

Implementation of a development plan brought new laboratories, a theatre suite and teaching facilities in 1967. [8]

After all inpatient and accident and emergency services had been transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary closed in May 2015. [9] Housing provider Sanctuary Group then took over the 9.5-acre site in August 2016. [2]

New Victoria Hospital

The New Victoria Hospital opened as an ambulatory care facility on a site opposite the old hospital in June 2009, and it is where all outpatient services that were previously housed at the old Victoria are now located. [10]

Notable nursing staff

The following are the Matrons that worked at the Victoria Infirmary

1890 – 1894 Annie Ross, [11] trained at Guy’s Hospital London.

1894 – 1910 Mary Mackinlay MacFarlane [12] [13] [14]

1910 – 1917 Jessie Campbell, trained in the Victoria Infirmary. [15]

1917 – 1936 Janet Sloan Rodger, RRC, [16] also of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland Board. [17]

1936 – 1944 Isabella Stewart, trained in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, sister tutor, pioneer in developing a formal course of instruction for student nurses. [18] She published Dietetics for nurses in 1928. [19]

1945 – 1955 Barbara Quaile, OBE, trained in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, returned there to take up post of Lady Superintendent of nurses. [20]

1955 – 1965 Janet Locke, OBE, [21] trained in the Victoria Infirmary. [22]

1965 – 1968 Ishbel Cameron, trained in the Victoria Infirmary, [23] elected member of the Royal College of Nursing Council Scottish Section. [24]

1968 – 1982 Florence Mitchell, trained in the Victoria Infirmary. [25]

Nursing Director

1982 – 1984 Anne Jarvie, trained in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. She went on to become the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at the Scottish Home and Health Department. [26]

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