Perth Royal Infirmary

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Perth Royal infirmary has its origins in the County and City Infirmary in York Place. This Grecian style building was designed by William Mackenzie, with the original cost of the land and buildings being £6812-15-3 ½d. The building of the hospital was funded by public subscription and it opened on 1 October 1838. It closed when the current building was completed.{{cite web|url= https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/perth-and-kinross/ |title=Perth County and City Infirmary|publisher=Historic Hospitals| access-date=30 September 2021}}

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The current Perth Royal Infirmary was built on a site on Glasgow Road between 1912 and 1914. An extension containing operating theatres and kitchens was added between 1934 and 1935.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=209337| work=Dictionary of Scottish Architects| title=City and County Infirmary| accessdate=10 July 2014}} The Accident & Emergency department was added in 1993 and the hospital became a University Teaching Hospital in 2006.{{cite web| url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/pressreleases/2006/prjuly06/perthroyal.html| title=Unveiling of University Teaching Hospital status at Perth Royal Infirmary| publisher=University of Dundee Press Office| date=31 July 2006|accessdate=29 August 2009}}

Developments completed in 2009 included a new 10-bed Macmillan cancer hospice costing £4.5 million,{{cite web |url=http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCanHelp/CancerEnvironments/environment_examples.aspx |title=Cancer environments across the UK |author=Macmillan Cancer Support |accessdate=18 March 2012}} the demolition of the listed Cornhill House to allow room for expansion{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6918840.stm| title=New cancer hospice plan for Perth | publisher=BBC News| date=27 July 2007| accessdate=29 August 2009}} and the creation of a £2 million dialysis unit and a £1.7 million haematology and oncology facility.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/5346136.stm| title=New Perth dialysis unit approved| publisher=BBC News| date= 14 September 2006| accessdate=29 August 2009}}

The archives of Perth Royal Infirmary are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee as part of the NHS Tayside Archives.{{cite web|title=Archive Services Online Catalogue Perth Royal Infirmary|url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=((text)=%27THB%2032%27)|publisher=University of Dundee|accessdate=24 May 2016}}

Hospital Radio Perth has been serving the Royal Infirmary and Murray Royal Hospital since 1989, prior to which there had been no hospital radio service in existence on the site. Hospital Radio Perth are the winners of the UK Hospital Radio of the Year award four times 1996, 1997 1999 and 2007, making them one of the most successful stations in operation in the UK.{{cite web| url=http://www.hospitalradioperth.org.uk/| title=Hospital Radio Perth| publisher=BBC News| accessdate=2009-08-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514061258/http://www.hospitalradioperth.org.uk/| archive-date=14 May 2009| url-status=usurped}}{{cite web| url=http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/staff/spectra/Spectra30.pdf| format=PDF| page=9| title=Hospital Radio Perth are UK station of the year – again!| work=Spectra| issue=30| date=June–July 2007| publisher=NHS Tayside| accessdate=2009-08-29}}

Perth Royal Infirmary is roughly one mile from the city centre. There are some bus services that run to the hospital, which are all provided by Stagecoach: the route 1 service stops right outside the hospital. A new bus link between Perth Royal Infirmary and the other main Tayside hospital, Ninewells Hospital, called "Hospital Link", started in April 2008 to relieve car parking problems at the hospitals.{{cite web| url=http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/patients/hospital/PRI/pri.shtml| title=Perth Royal Infirmary| publisher=NHS Tayside| accessdate=10 July 2014}} In 2014, this service was replaced by an extension of the existing X7 Coastrider route.{{Cite web|last=Advertiser|first=Perthshire|date=2014-11-19|title=Perth connections with Dundee are ramped up with new coach service|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/hourly-coach-service-booster-perth-4656042|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Daily Record|language=en}} That route was stopped in 2024, replaced by an extended Stagecoach East Scotland service 39 and new services 39A/39B.{{Cite web |last=O'Neil |first=Sean |date=2024-04-05 |title=Stagecoach releases new timetable in 'victory' for Perthshire after bus cuts furore |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/4940877/stagecoach-perthshire-timetable/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}

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• [https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/hospitals/9199%201pnk1116 Perth Royal Infirmary on the NHS inform website]
• [http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/inspecting_and_regulating_care/nhs_hospitals_and_services/nhs_tayside/perth_royal_infirmary.aspx Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspection reports]

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