County Community Hospital, Invergordon Explained

County Community Hospital
Org/Group:	NHS Highland
Region:	Saltburn Road, Invergordon, Highland
Country:	Scotland
Healthcare:	NHS Scotland
Type:	General
Founded:	1917
Map Type:	Scotland Ross and Cromarty

County Community Hospital is a health facility in Saltburn Road, Invergordon, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.

History

The facility has its origins in a naval hospital which was established on the site in 1917.^{[1] [2]} Casualties were transported to Invergorden by steam drifter and then to the hospital by train during the First World War.^[3] It became an infectious diseases hospital in 1920 and, after being renamed the County Hospital,^[4] joined the National Health Service in 1948. After the old hospital became decrepit, a new facility was procured under a private finance initiative contract. The new facility, which was built by Robertson Group at a cost of £8.8 million,^[5] opened in October 2005.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: County Community Hospital. Historic Hospitals. 11 February 2020.
2. Web site: Invergordon, Royal Naval Dockyard, Naval Hospital. Canmore. 11 February 2020.
3. Web site: WWI Royal Navy Hospital - Invergordon. Historic Environment Scotland. 11 February 2020.
4. Web site: Invergordon Joint Hospital, c.1925. Ambaile. 11 February 2020.
5. Web site: Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018. 13 February 2020.
6. Web site: Easter Ross Primary Care Resource Centre. NHS Highland. 11 February 2020.