Cowal Community Hospital
| Cowal Community Hospital | |
|---|---|
| NHS Highland | |
 | |
  Shown in Argyll and Bute | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Argyll Street, Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°57′33″N 4°55′40″W / 55.959257°N 4.9277880°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Community Hospital |
| Services | |
| Yes Accident & Emergency | |
| Beds | 14 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Links | |
| Website | Cowal Community Hospital |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Cowal Community Hospital is a community hospital in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.
The hospital is situated at the upper end of Argyll Street, a part of the A885 road, near where it become Sandbank Road.[1][2]
History
The hospital has its origins in the Dunoon Cottage Hospital on the corner of Alfred Street and King Street which opened in 1885.[3] This was replaced by a new cottage hospital which was opened by Princess Louise in October 1908.[3] A modern purpose-built facility was opened by the Duchess of Gloucester as the Dunoon and District General Hospital in November 1966.[4] At the time it had 74 beds, mainly configured in four-bed wards.[4] It changed its name to Cowal Community Hospital in c.2008.[5]
Services
The hospital has a GP-led accident and emergency department, a maternity unit, dental surgery suite and a general ward and there are also numerous consultant led clinics available at the hospital.[6] It provides services for the Cowal peninsula population, numbering some fifteen thousand people.[7] It has fourteen beds.[8]
References
- ↑ Explorer Map OL37 - Cowal East (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. 2025. ISBN 978-0-319-242766.
- ↑ "Cowal Community Hospital" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Cowal Community Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- 1 2 "Duchess to Open Dunoon Hospital". The Glasgow Herald. 24 October 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "A national conversation: Your Scotland, Your Voice" (PDF). BBC. 2009. p. 145. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ "Dunoon Hospital". Nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ↑ "Rural Fellowships in General Practice: Cowal Rural Fellowship" (PDF). NHS Education for Scotland. 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 6 July 2023.