Celebrating a proud history The Royal Hospital for Sick Children 1882 – 2015 Image of permission kind Archives – reference City used with P659

The need for a children’s hospital When the fi rst recorded meeting to discuss the building of a children’s hospital in Glasgow was held in 1861 it was against a background of vile living conditions, overcrowding and an infant death rate amongst the highest in Europe.

Th e most vociferous and determined Th ousands lived in overcrowded of those present at the meeting of single-ends where living conditions doctors, clergy and eminent citizens were vile by modern day standards. were Dr John Cowan and Dr George Many were windowless cellars, with MacLeod, each of whom would go dirt fl oors, oft en housing seven people on to make signifi cant contributions to a room. Festering rubbish heaps, to the future success of the Hospital faulty drains and polluted water made for Sick Children. the city prey to recurrent epidemics. Th eir early eff orts for the creation of Th e annual deaths totalled 30,000 to a hospital solely for the treatment of 40,000 per year, almost three percent children would, however, be hampered of the population, and half of those by more than 20 years of opposition by deaths were of children under the rival medical institutions, funding and age of fi ve. location diffi culties. Bow legged from rickets, the children By the mid 19th century many of the slums were also prey to nervous European cities had realised the diseases, convulsions, hydrocephalus, need for separate children’s hospitals, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, mumps and including Copenhagen, St Petersburg, smallpox. Many died without ever Istanbul, Liverpool, Edinburgh having seen a doctor. and London. Glasgow in 1861 was one of the few

Wood street still without – and nowhere could the 1910 need have been greater.

3 Overcoming the opposition

Life on the ward in the early days. In his address to the inaugural meeting, the Hospital for Sick Dr Cowan noted that many of the Children in December 1882. children of the poor received no A board of directors was elected and medical att ention except when the hospital set forth its objects: “it was too late to be of any avail”. “To provide treatment for the children From the fi rst meeting there were of the poor and to set up a dispensary strong hints of opposition, most for advice and medicine; to promote strongly from the directors of Glasgow the advancement of medical science Royal Infi rmary who claimed that with reference to the diseases of their current provision of treatment children; to train women in special was adequate. duties of children’s nurses and to instruct lady pupils in the care of Th ere followed many years of bickering sick children.” and obfuscation that does litt le credit to certain sections of the city’s Th e fi rst patients, aged two – 12, medical world. clad in day and night dresses made by the ladies of Church In the end it was Glasgow merchant occupied three wards, one on each James Whitelaw who eventually fl oor, decorated by paintings of identifi ed a site that would be most popular nursery rhymes. suitable for a new children’s hospital. Th e building on the north slope of In addition to the latest methods , at the corner of Scott Street of heating, lighting and ventilation, and Buccleugh Street, was purchased the hospital received free water from in 1880 for £2000 and following a Glasgow Corporation and boasted an further expenditure of £10,000 on its impressive Victorian intercom system. conversion into a hospital, it opened as

4 5 An early 20th century photograph of the nurses in uniform. Th e nurses’ stiff collars were phased out in 1930. Staff in the early years

Scotland had been slow to accept the arrested and jailed for stealing from the the operating theatre would vary idea that nursing could be a serious hospital kitchens. She later turned the depending on which one was in charge. profession and not regarded as tables when she presented the board Cameron, who had been pioneer “the last refuge of female adversity”. with her own memorandum of “things James Lister’s house surgeon when that have lapsed”, including the failure Th e nursing staff were responsible carbolic acid was introduced at the to give advance notice to surgeons of for maintaining a high moral and Royal Infi rmary, would carry out his patients being prepared for operation. religious tone in the hospital, operations in strict accordance with including the taking of evening prayers Th e medical staff at Garnethill, as the antiseptic principles of surgery. was common elsewhere, consisted and the singing of grace before meals. Macewen, although he had held a of visiting surgeons and physicians similar position with Lister, had by Th e fi rst Lady Superintendent (in on a part-time basis. Th ese included now moved to the more recent eff ect matron) was Mrs Louisa the distinguished surgeons William method of aseptic surgery which Harbin who had worked previously at Macewen and Hector Cameron and would involved much preliminary Great Ormond Street in London and at honorary physicians James Finlayson washing of hands and boiling of gauze Leicester Infi rmary. and William Leishman. for swabs and dressings. He was also On one occasion she was sternly Macewen and Cameron had one of the fi rst to wear a white coat. reminded of her duties as unoffi cial contrasting personalities and diff erent (Lister had worn an old rubber apron security offi cer when the cook was approaches to surgery. Procedure in smeared with carbolic).

6 7 Th e ‘Country branch’ opened in 1903. Growing demand for services Surgical greats

In 1889 the hospital received Th e following year, the Board opened An indication of the extent of his Th e early 20th century was permission to add ‘Royal’ to its title a dispensary in West Graham Street, surgical contribution is recorded in indeed an era of brilliant and received visits from royal visitors which functioned until 1954. In its the period 1899 to 1901, when he Scott ish surgeons and Sir William Princess Louise, daughter of Queen fi rst year it dealt with just over 16,000 performed 460 operations on hare-lip Macewen was perhaps the fi nest Victoria and later from her elder patients. By the end of the 19th century and cleft -palate; over a 10 year period of them all. He served the hospital sister Princess Christian – it was almost 25,000 and by 1933 it at that time, he operated upon more for over a decade before moving of Schleswig-Holsten. was more than 100,000. than 7000 patients in the West Graham to become Professor of Surgery Street Dispensary. Th e number of admissions steadily rose Th e out- patient facilities from at the Western Infi rmary. and the proportion of surgical patients this dispensary became known Aft er the establishment of the He developed many aspects of increased. By the late 19th century internationally, thanks in the main to dispensary in 1888, the next major surgery in the post-Lister era, there were more patients admitt ed by the work between 1894 and 1914 of development was the opening of a Th e Drumchapel facility in the 1930’s. and ultimately became known surgeons than by physicians, and more visiting surgeon James Nicoll, one of country branch in 1903, with 96 beds. as the father of neurosurgery. seen at the dispensary by surgeons the country’s greatest. He pioneered Th is was in addition to the 76 beds His international standing was than physicians – a patt ern which has work in many fi elds, notably brain and at Garnethill. Th is new Drumchapel such that he was invited to become continued. Th e mortality in surgical abdominal surgery and it was at West facility was to provide a ‘healthier’ Head of Surgery in Baltimore, patients was signifi cantly lower than Graham Street that many of his radical environment for the children who had USA, but declined the invitation. that in the medical wards, no doubt ideas were put into practice. reached the convalescent stage and did related to the diseases present at not require the acute services provided He was followed in his position He was also Professor of Surgery at the the time. at Garnethill. in 1894 by Th omas Kennedy Anderson College, had an extensive Dalziel, who, through his work at Th e demand for the services was much private practice, and he presented Th e new facility also boasted a rooft op greater than the established situation many papers at meetings. His lasting sun lounge where children would the Royal Infi rmary, recognised could sustain. An extension providing contribution has been emphasised benefi t from fresh air and sunshine. and reported on chronic a further 12 cots was provided in 1887 by the increasing drive to, and interstitial enteritis. Some 30 when Chairman Th omas Carlile popularity of, day surgery, and this years later Crohn was to describe personally funded the purchase of the has been highlighted many times this same entity again and the next-door house in Buccleuch Street. over the last few decades. disease is generally known as Th e children at Drumchapel enjoyed an Crohn’s Disease. outdoor sun lounge on the balcony.

8 9 Fun on the lawn at Drumchapel. Th e move to treat infants

Surgeon Th omas Kennedy Dalziel Th ese conditions were vividly and tuberculosis and infantile diarrhoea was to clash with the board over the perceptively described by one of the – so prevalent it was known as the admission of children under the age hospital’s directors – Dr James B. summer plague. of two. In 1901 the board instructed Russell – who as Glasgow’s second In 1904 the establishment of a medical chiefs to keep the numbers medical offi cer of health had Glasgow Infant Milk Depot with as low as possible but Dalziel successfully guided the late-Victorian advisory services went some way opposed them with the response: sanitary reforms. He was no to addressing the problem. “I think it would be bett er to admit desk-bound administrator; his fewer aged between six and twelve work took him out to the slums and Infant mortality under three and take in more under two years in 1886 he wrote an account of life months continued to be a problem – that is, if the hospital is to fulfi l in Glasgow’s single-ends. It contained and education of mothers became a real want”. the poignant description of one visit: an important element of the “On your last visit you saw a child hospital’s objectives. Th e board relented and by 1914 a very ill and this time you see the third of all patients were under two. In 1910 physician Barclay Ness mother huddled up on top of her noted that by far the most common Infant mortality at the beginning of bed sleeping in a drunken sleep, cause of illness was the ignorance the 20th century had not yet begun and you know the child is dead. of the mother. It was only by teaching to mirror the general reduction in Th ey baptise with whisky and they her to care for, feed and bring up her death rates, for despite improvements bury with whisky”. children properly that any real and in sanitation, housing conditions had If alcohol was the source of infant lasting benefi t could be conferred not improved much, if at all in the mortality then so was milk. Many on the children. preceding 50 years. mothers did not breastfeed and Neither had the conduct of some resorted to the use of adulterated mothers, who neglected to feed or milk, oft en containing high levels care properly for their infants, oft en of boracic acid. Poor milk caused due to alcoholism.

10 11 Th e day the soldiers marched to the dispensary

Passing the time on one of the old wards. Th e new Royal Hospital for Sick down to West Graham Street and Children (RHSC) was opened in aft er a short interval marched back July 1914, weeks before the outbreak minus their tonsils. of war, by King George V and Queen Peace was declared in late 1918 but it Mary. A crowd of 10,000 att ended was several years before the military the opening including the usual occupation ended and the hospital dignitaries, Boy Scouts, Guides, could revert to its intended use for and even the builders were aff orded the sole treatment of children. a grandstand of their own. Just four weeks aft er the opening ceremony World War One began Crowds at RHSC wait to greet the King and and it was to be four years before the A group of probationer nurses in 1917. An early ambulance outside the new hospital at Yorkhill. Queen on their visit to Glasgow in 1927. RHSC would be fully functional On the move to Yorkhill as a children’s hospital. Instead, the military authorities commandeered four wards for Th e drive towards bett er public health outgrown its Garnethill building. father and son fi rm of John James the treatment of army and naval was, strangely, partly prompted by the Just over 70 cots could not cope with Burnet. Between them they designed offi cers. Bearing in mind the hospital number of volunteers for the Boer War a population of almost two million in a number of great buildings in the city had been designed for children this who were turned down on the grounds Glasgow and the west of . including the Clydesdale Bank on necessitated the purchase of bigger of being unfi t through ill health. By 1907 there were always between St Vincent Street, Cleveden Terrace, beds, matt resses and blankets Th e fi rst annual inspection of school 100 and 200 patients on the the Academy of Music and the and also alterations to the size children in Glasgow took place in two-month waiting list. Western Infi rmary. of the toilets! 1904 and it was found that more Burnet and his team toured Europe, than half of those deemed An appeal for £100,000 was launched On one occasion in 1916 particularly Germany, in search of the unfi t had never seen a doctor. and aft er inspecting a number of advance news of a Zeppelin raid potential sites the board purchased most modern ideas in hospital design prompted staff to hurriedly evacuate Th e remedy for such a problem was a 19 acre site containing “the best and sett led on the pavilion system, the children to the basement but in social rather than medical but as plans and highest parts of the lands with widely spaced ward blocks linked their rush they forgot to label them. for a new hospital at Yorkhill took of Yorkhill” for £16,000. by broad corridors, maximising light When the all clear sounded and they shape, the day was coming when and air. Th ere were 12 wards with returned to the wards many of them Glasgow would play a pioneering role Among many city architect fi rms 312 cots and two operating theatres. had to be re-diagnosed. Th e military in the treatment of children’s diseases. bidding to design the new building was Th e cost £140,000 – was more than ten occupation of the Dispensary was By the early 20th century it had Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s, but he times its predecessor at Garnethill. much shorter. One day soldiers from become clear that the hospital had was to be rejected in favour of the barracks were marched

12 13 One of the operating theatres in the 1920s. Th e fathers of paediatrics

With its up-to-date design and Th omson of Edinburgh are equipment the hospital now forged regarded as the founders of links with Glasgow University, paving paediatrics in Scotland. the way for medical students to receive He realised the lectures and eventually become importance of paediatric specialists. combining laboratory By the 1920s Yorkhill could boast work with clinical work one of the UK’s leading teams of and he gathered a team Princess Mary visits in 1930. scientifi c workers, working on a of assistants from number of innovations in paediatric across the globe and Generous Glasgow medicine. Th e array of eminent encouraged them to surgeons and physicians now plying make full use of Infl ation and much needed new extension to the Drumchapel facility. the hearts of Glaswegians and people their trade at Yorkhill ensured that the pathological and developments placed pressure on the At every step of the way from its from the West of Scotland has not hospital’s reputation continued to grow. biochemical methods in hospital’s fi nances aft er the war and in inception at Garnethill in 1882, Yorkhill dimmed since that time. For more than the clinical study of their Chief amongst them was the fi ery 1924 an appeal was launched to raise in 1914 right up to the creation of the 130 years the public’s generosity has young patients. Leonard Findlay, distinguished in both £75,000, including a radio broadcast NHS in 1948 the Royal Hospital for ensured that the children at the RHSC appearance and reputation, he and John from the newly opened BBC studio Sick Children relied on voluntary have received the highest standard of in Bath Street. Th e money was raised subscriptions and donations to fund medical and social care. within four months, allowing work to buildings, equipment and staff . go ahead on two new wings and an Th e aff ection for the RHSC in

14 15 Men of Character Tribute to nurses

K Leonard Findlay was followed Matthew White was Findlay, and Dr Elaine By the year of the hospital’s golden in his role by Geoffrey Fleming, MacLennan’s colleague in the Stocquart, for many years jubilee in 1932, the role and the a pioneer in the work on 30s and succeeded him in the senior anaesthetist. working conditions of the nursing metabolism. He was a keen Barclay lectureship from 1939 staff had also undergone huge change. By the 1930s clinics for the huntsman and on occasion to 1953. His first experience of The establishment in 1919 of the treatment of former patients he would conduct his rounds the RHSC had been as a patient General Nursing Council led to a had also been set up, wearing his pink hunting coat there in 1916 during the war. three-year training curriculum, the including diabetics, chest, renal before setting off to follow the Often described as the doyen cramped nurses’ quarters had been and speech. Research continued hounds with the and of children’s surgery, White replaced by custom built to forge ahead under medical Renfrewshire Hunt. He was also published works on almost accommodation on the top floor, chiefs Geoffrey Fleming and a keen angler and he often shared every branch of paediatric including recreation, lecture and Stanley Graham, supported in the fruits of his labours with surgery and was the author sitting rooms. the biochemistry laboratory by members of staff. of the first undergraduate Noah Morris and in pathology There was now no shortage of women textbook in English. Paediatric surgery, like by John Blacklock. wishing to join the nursing profession. medicine, was making great A graduate in Greek, Zoology In 1932 the RHSC received 777 Despite these many advances, strides at the Royal Hospital and Philosophy, White had a applications. there was still little effective for Sick Children, thanks in passion for speed and in 1933 treatment for many severe This period, as ever, produced many the main to names like he learned to fly and was known infections, including pneumonia, talented and formidable nursing Alexander MacLennan, to swoop low over the roof of tuberculosis and gastroenteritis. legends including Matrons Mary William Rankin and the hospital in his Gypsy Moth, The conquest of these diseases Cameron and Miss M. Olivia Matthew White. much to the concern of his house would have to await the Robinson, and Sisters Jane Turnbull surgeons basking in the sunshine MacLennan is one of the development of modern drugs and Isobel Neilson. on the roof. outstanding figures in the after the Second World War. RHSC’s history. For most of the Other members of staff were Records show that operations inter-war period he was Barclay also to rise to fame, including performed in 1937 totalled lecturer and senior surgeon at dispensary physician Dr O.H. 5000, many of them for burns, the hospital and was renowned Mavor, better known as scalds and fractures, the latter for his pioneering clinics, his deft dramatist James Bridie. becoming increasingly common touch with the scalpel and the This period in the hospitals thanks to the growth of the use development of many ingenious history also saw the emergence of the motor car. devices which he applied to his of a number of women in work. He set up one of the first important roles, including splint departments in the Dr Agnes Cameron and Dr Mary UK at the RHSC. Stevenson, assistants to Leonard Christmas on the ward in 1932. 16 17 The war and the coming of the NHS The Queen Mum’s

When war came in 1939, the Royal 57% higher than Birmingham. The in 1944) began to conquer many of the Of immense significance to the RHSC Hospital for Sick Children was annual report stated: “The panacea can former deadly diseases. It also allowed was the opening in 1964 of the Queen to remain civilian, but still work was be stated in two words – good homes surgeons to more safely undertake a Mother’s Maternity Hospital on the site hampered by the day-to-day black-outs, – in the fullest sense of the term.” large number of major operations. of the old staff hockey pitch. coal shortages and water problems. On July 5, 1948, the RHSC like all the The post war years saw the work of Then, in 1966, the hospital was As in the earlier war, many doctors were other major hospitals in Glasgow, eminent surgeons and physicians like temporarily relocated to the former absent on military service, their absence became part of the new National Health James Hutchison, Andrew Laird, Oakbank Hospital buildings in placing a strain on those who remained. Service. Despite initial reservations Wallace Dennison, Sam Davidson, Maryhill in order to facilitate the over the retention of endowment funds, John Bentley, Dan Young, Ellis Wilson, demolition of the existing building, In 1944 a serious outbreak of the hospital was soon to embark on a Noel Buckley and Robert Shanks further which was discovered to be suffering gastroenteritis raised the already period of the most rapid and remarkable improved treatments for children and from severe structural defects. scandalous infant mortality rate. advances in its history. the reputation of the RHSC as a centre Nurses Station, the Queen Mums 1964. Of 17 European countries Scotland of excellence. had the highest rate, 77 per 1000, and The development of antibiotic drugs The new Queen Mother’s Maternity Hospital opens Glasgow’s was the highest in Britain, (penicillin was first used at the RHSC in 1964.

The building in the 1930s.

The Queen Mother visits in 1964. The nurses’ sitting room in the 50s. 18 19 Building for the future Always growing

The new RHSC in 1972. The new Royal Hospital for Sick A new operating theatre complex Children building was reopened opened in 1998 and a new Intensive at a cost of £5.7million at Yorkhill Care Unit opened in April 2005. by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972 and Prior to its move to the new South coupled with the Queen Mother’s Glasgow site, the RHSC handled Maternity Hospital, effectively approximately 90,000 out-patients, established a national centre of 15,000 in-patients and 7,300 day integrated obstetrics and cases every year. paediatric healthcare. Its list of services are almost endless It took just 48 hours to complete but amongst them are Accident and the transfer of all the patients from Emergency, Audiology Department, Oakbank to the new hospital. Biochemistry, Cardiac Clinics, Day

The progress in almost every Surgery Unit and many more. The new A&E unit opened in 1995. aspect of paediatrics, obstetrics Many sick children spend days, and orthopaedics has continued months and years attending the Rangers legend John Brown joins Kilsyth Moving patients back from Oakbank to the new hospital in October 1971. abreast for the past 50 years since workers Alan Kerr and Paul Lochrie to hospital, some with minor ailments that Royal occasion. present a cheque towards the RHSC and some fighting for their lives. Scanner Appeal in 1997. The Royal visit in 1972. Yorkhill Children’s Charity works tirelessly doing all that it can to make these difficult times easier for the children and their families, helping to give them the best chance of making a full recovery. Its fundraising efforts attract support from throughout Scotland and often involve stars of sport, entertainment and politics, such is the warmth of feeling and admiration the hospital attracts. Fundraising income for the group has grown steadily since its inception, raising £319,000 in 2001 (7 months) to £4.3 million in 2013-14.

20 21 Introducing the new South Glasgow hospitals Modern rooms for modern children Science Centre Outpatient check-in Retail The vast majority of the 244 paediatric beds To entertain children whilst they wait for their If you are attending as an outpatient you can As you would expect, in an ultra-modern are in single rooms with their own toilet and outpatient appointment, the hospital has been check-in using the letter we sent you when hospital of this size there are a number shower facilities and entertainment console fitted out with an array of interactive activities you arrive – just like at the airport. Scan in of commercial retail outlets for patients, system, including TV and Wi-Fi. The rooms provided by the Glasgow Science Centre and your hospital letter at one of the scanning visitors and staff alike. The retail outlets are spacious and designed to enable a parent funded by Yorkhill Children’s Charity. These check-in points, confirm your details and are all located on the ground floor in the or guardian to stay overnight with their child. innovative “distraction therapy” installations you’ll be shown where to go next. It’s a atrium and include: Marks & Spencer; provide a range of hi and low tech approaches really easy system to use but if you prefer W H Smith; Camden Food co; and, Souped There are a small number of four bedded that will delight young patients or their siblings one of our friendly volunteers will be happy Up & Juiced. There are also bank cash wards for those patients who would benefit during any visit to the hospital. to help. When you arrive at your outpatient machines located in the hospital. from social interaction with other children... waiting room, keep an eye on the screen these were created in response to feedback – it will call you to your clinic room. from children, parents and experienced Cinema paediatric healthcare staff. Lift system A 48 seater cinema has been specially Room with a view created in the new hospital to provide first There are four wards on each level: A, B, C and D. class entertainment to our young patients The hospital has 1,109 beds – all with Attention to detail during their stay with us. their own toilet and shower facilities. Wards A and B are accessed by the lifts Every room in our general wards has a signposted as Arran on the ground floor; and Every little thing has been given big panoramic external view and comes with wards C and D are accessed by the lifts sign- attention, down to the creation of specially free TV and radio. There’s even free patient posted as Bute. designed doors with viewing windows at Wi-Fi access throughout the hospital. These lifts use smart technology to get you to different eye levels that will ensure that even Every room is designed to the highest the ward you want as quickly as possible. the tiniest tot has the same opportunity to see specification to reduce the risk of the in and out of the room. The artwork has even spread of infection and provide safe You press the button panel outside the lift and it been installed into ceilings to let young patients and comfortable surroundings, will direct you to the best lift for you. All you need on trolleys to see something bright and cheerful including an electric bed as standard. to do next is to get inside the lift and it will take when they’re being moved around. The bright you to the correct floor. There are no buttons reception desk is decorated by a bank of lights inside the lift. that constantly change colour. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children Food and drink Next to the restaurant on the first floor of the atrium is the Aroma Coffee shop. Same wonderful care in bright new hi-tech surroundings This is opened Monday through to Friday from 9.00am until 6.30pm serving high When the new Royal Hospital for Here we spotlight just a few of the striking children to be brought out to the roof garden quality beverages, sandwiches, snacks, Sick Children opens its doors on features of this new jewel in the crown of in their beds. fruit and cakes. paediatric hospitals. South Glasgow University Hospital 10th June, you can be assured Both the restaurant and the coffee shop Age appropriate care are run by NHS staff and all profits go back that your child will get the same Despite its size, this huge into the NHS. wonderful care that they have Until now, children from the age of 13 were hospital has been designed to always had at Yorkhill. The staff typically cared for in our adult hospitals. The new hospital is designed to treat all make it very easy for you to get Art from the world renowned patients until they turn 16, providing a much to your destination. The colour scheme of the hospital has hospital will be the same but more appropriate setting for these young been deliberately designed to help you find the key difference will be the people. There’s also a base for adolescents to From the hi-tech touch screen your way around. Each floor has a clearly play games consoles, make a snack or chill with identifiable colour and many works of fabulous new facilities that they friends or visitors. information points and the distinctive art are displayed to give useful and your child will experience. barcode self check-in to the landmarks which can act as signposts. Play The use of therapeutic colour schemes The hospital was designed around the friendly faces of our guiding throughout the hospital has been carefully needs of children...and who better to Play is an important element of a child’s time volunteers and landmark selected by interior design specialists give us that insight than existing patients. in hospital. An outdoor play area at the entrance to soothe, reduce stress and enhance to the hospital has disabled accessible artworks at key points well being. Working together with architects, nurses, installations. Play specialists are based in the throughout the hospital… doctors and other clinical staff, our young indoor play zone area to work with children everything is geared towards patients have helped create a hospital that ahead of treatment. There’s also a part-covered roof garden where young patients can enjoy making it simple to get around. is truly outstanding. a range of activities in the fresh air and for

22 Getting there The new South Glasgow hospitals are easy to get to. They are located just a few minutes from the M8, within a few hundred yards of the Clyde Tunnel and served by a very frequent and fast bus link network. There are on site multi-storey car parks and ground level spaces for patients and visitors. Car parking is free but there is a four-hour maximum stay between Monday to Friday 7.30am till 4pm. Disabled parking spaces are available on the ground floor of the multi-storey car parks. The new Fastlink bus route provides speedy links from via the Arc Bridge (known sometimes as the Squinty Bridge). At peak times there will be a bus every minute arriving at or inside the hospitals campus. You can reach the direct bus link network via the city’s excellent rail and subway transport systems.

Find out about the best routes for your journey call traveline on: 0871 200 22 33 Or visit: www.travelinescotland.com A new dedicated section of the traveline website has been created giving you information on ticket options with links to major bus operators and SPT as well as a link to a hospital journey planner. Simply click on the button “New South Glasgow Hospitals” on the homepage for all you need to know about getting to the hospital by public transport.

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