{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Queen Margaret Hospital | org_group = [[NHS Fife]] | image = Queen Margaret Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1028111.jpg | caption = Queen Margaret Hospital | logo = <!-- optional --> | location = [[Dunfermline]], [[Fife]] | state = Scotland | country = | coordinates = {{coord|56.0824|-3.4273|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = [[NHS Scotland]] | type = General | speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality, i.e. not if has broad spectrum of specialities --> | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = [[Minor injuries unit]] only | affiliation = | beds = | founded = Phase I: 1985 <br> Phase II: 1993 | closed = | website = {{Official website}} | other_links = <!-- optional --> | pushpin_map = Scotland Fife | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Fife }}
'''Queen Margaret Hospital''' is a [[hospital]] located in the city of [[Dunfermline]] in [[Fife]], Scotland. It is managed by [[NHS Fife]].
==History== The hospital was commissioned to replace the Milesmark Hospital, the Dunfermline and West Fife District Hospital and the Dunfermline Maternity Hospital. The first phase of the new hospital, which excluded maternity services, opened in 1985. The second phase was completed in 1993 and the new facilities were officially opened by the [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Royal]] later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/fife-2/|title=Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline|publisher=Historic Hospitals|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.pagedisplay&p2sid=2017B701-E5FD-E1D7-76F26143E25E1884&themeid=B62913A7-AEE9-0C0B-A51FC333AF909397|title=Princess Anne opening Phase 2 at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline in 1993|publisher=NHS Fife|access-date=13 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
From January 2012, all of Fife's accident and emergency services were located at the [[Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy|Victoria Hospital]] in [[Kirkcaldy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/fife-s-major-accident-and-emergency-change-starts-on-thursday-1.49980 |title=Fife's major accident and emergency change starts on Thursday |work=[[The Courier (Dundee)|The Courier]] |date=18 January 2012 |access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref> In 2014 improvements were made to the reception area aimed at making the area more welcoming.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/work-begins-on-queen-margaret-hospital-improvements-1.251423 |title=Work begins on Queen Margaret Hospital improvements |publisher=[[The Courier (Dundee)]] |date=4 March 2014 |access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref>
==Services== The hospital provides [[breast surgery]], [[ophthalmology]], [[dermatology]] and day surgery services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/uploads/83/HH871.04.18CD11.05.doc|title=Junior clinical fellow in general surgery|publisher=NHS Fife|access-date=13 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Public transport== Various Stagecoach East Scotland bus services stop at the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.pagedisplay&p2sid=9F0D6CF0-0F8E-48A5-27C5086D695FB02A&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0|title=Getting to the Hospital|publisher=NHS Fife|access-date=13 January 2019|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812092745/https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.pagedisplay&p2sid=9F0D6CF0-0F8E-48A5-27C5086D695FB02A&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0|url-status=dead}}</ref> A railway station is within a ten-minute walk of the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/DFL.html|title=Dunfermline Queen Margaret (DFL)|publisher=National Rail|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>
==Radio West Fife== {{main|Radio West Fife}} Radio West Fife is the current hospital radio service broadcasting to Queen Margaret Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radiowestfife.scot/|title=Welcome|publisher=Radio West Fife|access-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * [http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/inspecting_and_regulating_care/nhs_hospitals_and_services/nhs_fife/queen_margaret_hospital.aspx Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspection reports]
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