Hawick Community Hospital

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Hawick Community Hospital
NHS Borders
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Hawick Community Hospital
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Shown in Scottish Borders
Geography
LocationVictoria Road, Hawick, Scotland
Coordinates 55°25′25″N2°47′40″W / 55.4236°N 2.7944°W / 55.4236; -2.7944
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland
Type General
Services
Emergency department No
History
Opened2005
Links
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Hawick Community Hospital is a health facility at Victoria Road in Hawick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Borders.

History

The hospital was commissioned to replace the ageing Hawick Cottage Hospital. [1] [2] [3] It was built by Border Construction on the site of a former Pringle of Scotland factory at a cost of £4.5 million and opened in 2005. [4]

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References

  1. "Borders Cottage Hospital". Buildings at Risk. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. "Anger at homes plan for Hawick hospital". Southern Reporter. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. Redpath, Alastair M. (2015). Hawick & District From Old Photographs. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   978-1445647524.
  4. "Hawick Community Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 5 February 2020.