Hospital type Rural General Hospital Helipad Yes Lists Hospitals in Scotland Phone +44 1631 567500 Number of beds 66 | Emergency department Yes Website Official Website Address Oban PA34 4HH, UK Founded 1995 Care system NHS Scotland | |
Location Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hours Affiliated university University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry Similar Shore Street Dental Su, Argyll Square Dental Pr, Oban, Oban Ferry Terminal, Lorn Medical Centre | ||
Lorn & Islands Hospital is a rural general hospital in Oban, Argyll, Scotland. It is run by NHS Highland. The Hospital is located on the southern outskirts of Oban. It is a modern facility, purpose built to act as a hub for the provision of both acute care and community services.
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Services
Since this facility opened it has been possible for a number of services to be run from one location, where previously they had been provided from some smaller facilities located across the district. A range of services are provided and the hospital has 66 inpatient beds and a multi-purpose day hospital. As a rural general hospital, the general medical and general surgical services are consultant-led.
There is also a midwife-led service to provide maternity care. In September 2009 it achieved stage 1 of the baby-friendly accredition programme. A multi-disciplinary team treats patients who are admitted to the hospital following a stroke. The stroke team offers continuity to patients from admission to the point of discharge and even into the community, where appropriate. Although plans to offer a dentistry treatment service from the hospital have been approved, by March 2014 there was still no confirmation about when this would be operational.
History
It was purpose built in 1995 and the hospital building was recognised as a fitting design for the setting. Calls to work more closely with the Belford Hospital in Fort William came in 2004, after proposals to centralise both emergency and complex surgery teams had resulted in protests locally. An audiology unit was opened in 2005 by Rhona Brankin, deputy health minister. The timing of the opening was chosen to coincide with the announcement that a new audiology degree would be launched in Scotland.
Palliative care services are also organised through the hospital after the McKelvie Hospital, a small Victorian era cottage hospital in Oban, had closed 2000.