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Oakbank Hospital

Coordinates: 55°52′32″N 4°15′42″W / 55.8756°N 4.2618°W / 55.8756; -4.2618
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Oakbank Hospital
Architectural drawings for the Oakbank Hospital
Oakbank Hospital is located in Glasgow council area
Oakbank Hospital
Shown in Glasgow
Geography
LocationPossil Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates55°52′32″N 4°15′42″W / 55.8756°N 4.2618°W / 55.8756; -4.2618
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1904
Closed1965
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

The Oakbank Hospital was a health facility in Possil Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

History

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Oakbank was originally a Poor Law hospital, commissioned by the Glasgow Parish Council. The facility, which was designed by Alex Cullen, opened as the Western District Hospital in September 1904, on the same day as Stobhill Hospital in Springburn and the Eastern District Hospital at Duke Street.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948[2] and closed in 1965.[3] The buildings were subsequently used as a temporary facility for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children during reconstruction in the late 1960s and have since been demolished.[3]

Notable staff

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The first matron was Eliza Moseley ARRC, working at Oakbank Hospital from 1904 to 1926.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Records of Western District Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Oakbank Hospital, Glasgow". National Archives. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Oakbank Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Scottish Notes". Nursing Times. 22 (1091): 280. 1926.