Ravenscraig Hospital

Ravenscraig Hospital
Ravenscraig Hospital
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
	Ravenscraig Hospital
	Shown in Inverclyde
Geography
Location	Inverkip Road, Greenock, Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′18″N 4°47′58″W / 55.9384°N 4.7995°WCoordinates: 55°56′18″N 4°47′58″W / 55.9384°N 4.7995°W
Organisation
Care system	NHS Scotland
Type	Mental health
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	1879
Closed	2014
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

Ravenscraig Hospital was a mental health facility in Inverkip Road, Greenock, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

History[]

The foundation stone for the facility was laid by Earl of Mar and Kellie in September 1876.^[1] The facility was opened as the Smithston Asylum in March 1879.^[2] It served as a military hospital for wounded soldiers in the First World war and as a naval hospital for Canadian sailors during the Second World War.^[2] It joined the National Health Service as Ravenscraig Hospital in 1948 and two new 120-bedded units known as Corlic and Dunrod were built to the north of the main building in the 1960s.^[2] The original building closed in December 2005^[2] and the remainder of the facilities closed in 2014.^[3]

The site was subsequently sold to a residential developer for a nominal sum; however in March 2019 toxic chemical contamination was found on the site giving rise to concerns about the development.^[4]

References[]

^ "History of Ravenscraig Hospital". Greenock Telegraph. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Records of Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock, Scotland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "NHS bosses built Ravenscraig Hospital on toxic land riddled with dangerous contaminants and operated it for decades". Greenock Telegraph. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "Ravenscraig special: Toxic chemical contamination at the site of a former hospital is more than 800 per cent above acceptable levels". Greenock Telegraph. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[1] "History of Ravenscraig Hospital". Greenock Telegraph. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[hub-2] "Records of Ravenscraig Hospital, Greenock, Scotland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[3] "NHS bosses built Ravenscraig Hospital on toxic land riddled with dangerous contaminants and operated it for decades". Greenock Telegraph. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[4] "Ravenscraig special: Toxic chemical contamination at the site of a former hospital is more than 800 per cent above acceptable levels". Greenock Telegraph. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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