Summary
NHS Fife is an NHS board which provides healthcare services in Fife, Scotland. It is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.
| NHS Fife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | NHS board |
| Established | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Hayfield Road Kirkcaldy KY2 5AH[1] |
| Region served | Fife |
| Hospitals | |
| Staff | 7,683 (2018/19)[2] |
| Website | www |
Hospitals edit
The board runs two main hospitals:[3]
It also runs a number of community and day hospitals, including:
Finances edit
The board faces an overspend of up to £3.5 million for 2014/5. Financial pressures included the cost of medical locums and bank nurses to fill long-term vacancies in acute services and the impact of new drugs to treat Hepatitis C and Anti-TNF drugs for rheumatology.[4]
In 2019, it was reported that the NHS Fife estate needed £89 million of maintenance to bring the buildings up to acceptable standards, and that this cost had risen by £11.5 million in the last year, primarily due to further deterioration of the tower block at Victoria Hospital.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Contact Us". NHS Fife. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Consolidated Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019" (PDF). NHS Fife. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Hospitals & Health Centres". NHS Fife. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "NHS Fife books end year in red". Fife Today. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Warrender, Claire. "NHS Fife buildings in need of almost £90m of maintenance work". The Courier. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
External links edit
- Official website
