NHS Centre for Integrative Care
NHS Centre for Integrative Care | |
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |
Geography | |
Location | Gartnavel Hospital Campus, Glasgow |
Coordinates | 55°52′51″N 4°18′47″W / 55.8807°N 4.3131°W |
Organisation | |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | integrative medicine |
Links | |
Website | www |
Other links | List of hospitals in Scotland |
The NHS Centre for Integrative Care, formerly the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, is an
History
The hospital has its origins in a small facility located at Berkeley Street which was funded by the Houldsworth family and opened as the Houldsworth Homeopathic Dispensary in March 1909.[2][3][4] It moved to 5 Lynedoch Crescent in May 1914[4] and then to a substantial villa in Great Western Road in 1931[4] before joining the National Health Service as the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital in 1948.[3]
It moved to the Gartnavel Hospital campus in 1999[2] and became the NHS Centre for Integrative Care in 2014.[5]
Proposed closure
There have been prolonged efforts to de-fund homeopathic treatments within the NHS.[6] As of October 2015[update], NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Highland and NHS Lothian had ceased to make referrals to the centre.[7] NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has proposed that the centre may be reassigned to become a new centre for the treatment of chronic pain.[1][7] Plans to close the unit were put forward by Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board in 2017. As of 2018[update], the Centre for Integrative Care was still operating, with an annual budget of £1.7M.[8][6]
As of 2021[update] NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde continues to mention homeopathic treatments on its website.[9]
References
- ^ a b Bradford, Eleanor (17 February 2014). "Glasgow homeopathic hospital tipped to be pain centre". BBC News. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b "NHS Centre for Integrative Care - History". NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Glasgow". National Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Insight: Terminal diagnosis for homeopathy". The Scotsman. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ a b Garavelli, Dani (9 June 2018). "Insight: Terminal diagnosis for homeopathy". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b Chris McCall (23 October 2015). "In numbers: Scotland's only homeopathic hospital". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Harrison, Sian (5 June 2018). "Scotland only place in UK funding £1.7m homeopathy after NHS England pull plug". dailyrecord. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "NHSGGC : Homeopathy". www.nhsggc.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.