Publication - Strategy/plan
The best start: five-year plan for maternity and neonatal care
A five-year forward plan for the improvement of maternity and neonatal services in Scotland.
Appendix C: Neonatal Units In Scotland
| NHS Board | Designation Level | Cot Type and Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intensive Care Unit | High Dependency Unit | Special Care | Transitional Care | ||
| NHS Ayrshire & Arran | |||||
| University Hospital Crosshouse | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| NHS Borders | |||||
| Borders General, Melrose | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | * |
| NHS Dumfries & Galloway | |||||
| Cresswell, Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| NHS Fife | |||||
| Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| NHS Forth Valley | |||||
| Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| NHS Grampian | |||||
| Aberdeen Royal | 3 | 10 | 7 | 19 | ** |
| Dr Gray's, Elgin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | |||||
| Neonatal Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Glasgow | 3 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 0 |
| Princess Royal Maternity, Glasgow | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| Royal Alexandra, Paisley | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Highland | |||||
| Raigmore, Inverness | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | *** |
| Lanarkshire | |||||
| Wishaw General | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Lothian | |||||
| Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, ERI | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 0 |
| St John's Hospital, Livingston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Tayside | |||||
| Ninewells, Dundee | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| Orkney | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shetland | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Neonatal Cots in Scotland | 72 | 64 | 187 | 14 | |
* provided on postnatal ward and therefore varies from day to day
** 1 Isolation room, 3 Parentcraft rooms, 1 NNU clinic
*** Cots are used flexibly to a maximum of 18 points, ITU: 4 points, HD: 2 points, SC: 1 point