| Heathfield Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Heathfield Hospital | |
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  Shown in South Ayrshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Heathfield Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°28′55″N4°36′53″W / 55.4820°N 4.6148°W Coordinates: 55°28′55″N4°36′53″W / 55.4820°N 4.6148°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1905 |
| Closed | 1991 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Heathfield Hospital was a health facility in Heathfield Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
The facility, which was designed by John Eaglesham (1855-1922), [1] opened as the Burgh Fever Hospital in June 1905. [2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and a large outpatients' department was built on an adjacent site in 1962. [2] After services transferred to the new Ayr Hospital, [3] the inpatient facilities at Heathfield Hospital closed in 1991 and the buildings were subsequently demolished. [2] The out‑patients' department became known as the Heathfield Clinic and continued to provide services until 2015 when it also closed and was also subsequently demolished. [2]
The regional headquarters for the Scottish Ambulance Service serving south-west Scotland (Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway) and west South Lanarkshire remains located on an adjacent site in Maryfield Road. [4]
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