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South Glasgow University Hospital campus to be handed over South Glasgow University Hospital campus to be handed over
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Scotland's largest hospital is due to be officially handed over to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Scotland's largest hospital - the new £842m South Glasgow University Hospital - will be officially handed over later ahead of a planned opening in May.
The new South Glasgow University Hospital campus cost more than £800m to build and will have more than 1,300 beds. It hosts the 1,109-bed South Glasgow University Hospital for adults and 256-bed Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
The health board said it had been delivered under budget and ahead of schedule. The campus replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, Western and Victoria Infirmaries and Mansionhouse Unit.
The facility is due to open to patients in May. The campus was delivered under budget and ahead of schedule.
Construction work began in early 2011 and it has been the biggest building site in Scotland. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the design was a move away from the traditional ward-based model.
The health board's chief executive, Robert Calderwood, said: "With the exception of critical care, all of the patient areas in the adult hospital are single en-suite rooms and all bedrooms have a full-length floor-to-ceiling windows on the outside wall to increase natural daylight but also to give the patient the opportunity to see out with the clinical environment.
"In the children's hospital 80% of the 256 beds are singe, en-suite, with parents' accommodation in the area."
The new campus will bring major changes to the way healthcare is delivered across the west of Scotland - with maternity, children's and adult hospitals all on one site.The new campus will bring major changes to the way healthcare is delivered across the west of Scotland - with maternity, children's and adult hospitals all on one site.
The Southern General campus will replace the Southern General Hospital, Western and Victoria Infirmaries, Mansionhouse Unit and Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill.
There will be space for 1,300 patients, mostly in single rooms, 29 operating theatres, and even a landing pad on the hospital roof, for rescue helicopters.There will be space for 1,300 patients, mostly in single rooms, 29 operating theatres, and even a landing pad on the hospital roof, for rescue helicopters.
'Real achievement'
In addition to replacing adult hospitals in Glasgow, the new South Glasgow University Hospital will incorporate a new teaching and learning facility and the Centre for Stratified Medicine and clinical research facilities.In addition to replacing adult hospitals in Glasgow, the new South Glasgow University Hospital will incorporate a new teaching and learning facility and the Centre for Stratified Medicine and clinical research facilities.
Up to 10,000 NHS staff will be based on the campus when it is fully operational.Up to 10,000 NHS staff will be based on the campus when it is fully operational.
Building contractors, Brookfield Multiplex, are due to formally pass the hospital over to the health board later. Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "This is an exciting stage in the development of the new South Glasgow Hospital campus as we get ever closer towards completion of the project and welcoming patients into the facility.
"This development has been Scotland's biggest-ever hospital building project, so bringing this in ahead of time and under budget is a real achievement in itself.
"This major development will transform healthcare for patients and staff and I am very much looking forward to seeing the hospital campus up-and-running and welcoming patients in the summer."
Construction work on the hospital campus began in early 2011 and it has been the biggest building site in Scotland.
Building contractors, Brookfield Multiplex, will formally hand over control of the site to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde later.