# Queen Margaret Hospital

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Hospital in Fife, Scotland

Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Fife Queen Margaret Hospital Shown in Fife Geography Location Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Coordinates 56°04′57″N 3°25′38″W / 56.0824°N 3.4273°W / 56.0824; -3.4273 Organisation Care system NHS Scotland Type General Services Emergency department Minor injuries unit only History Founded Phase I: 1985 Phase II: 1993 Links Website Official website

**Queen Margaret Hospital** is a [hospital](/source/Hospital) located in the city of [Dunfermline](/source/Dunfermline) in [Fife](/source/Fife), Scotland. It is managed by [NHS Fife](/source/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 [Princess Royal](/source/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal) later that year.[1][2]

From January 2012, all of Fife's accident and emergency services were located at the [Victoria Hospital](/source/Victoria_Hospital%2C_Kirkcaldy) in [Kirkcaldy](/source/Kirkcaldy).[3] In 2014 improvements were made to the reception area aimed at making the area more welcoming.[4]

## Services

The hospital provides [breast surgery](/source/Breast_surgery), [ophthalmology](/source/Ophthalmology), [dermatology](/source/Dermatology) and day surgery services.[5]

## Public transport

Various Stagecoach East Scotland bus services stop at the hospital.[6] A railway station is within a ten-minute walk of the hospital.[7]

## Radio West Fife

Main article: [Radio West Fife](/source/Radio_West_Fife)

Radio West Fife is the current hospital radio service broadcasting to Queen Margaret Hospital.[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline"](https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/fife-2/). Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Princess Anne opening Phase 2 at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline in 1993"](https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.pagedisplay&p2sid=2017B701-E5FD-E1D7-76F26143E25E1884&themeid=B62913A7-AEE9-0C0B-A51FC333AF909397). NHS Fife. Retrieved 13 January 2019.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Fife's major accident and emergency change starts on Thursday"](http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/fife-s-major-accident-and-emergency-change-starts-on-thursday-1.49980). *[The Courier](/source/The_Courier_(Dundee))*. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Work begins on Queen Margaret Hospital improvements"](http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/work-begins-on-queen-margaret-hospital-improvements-1.251423). [The Courier (Dundee)](/source/The_Courier_(Dundee)). 4 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Junior clinical fellow in general surgery"](http://www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/uploads/83/HH871.04.18CD11.05.doc). NHS Fife. Retrieved 13 January 2019.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Getting to the Hospital"](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). NHS Fife. Archived from [the original](https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.pagedisplay&p2sid=9F0D6CF0-0F8E-48A5-27C5086D695FB02A&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0) on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Dunfermline Queen Margaret (DFL)"](http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/DFL.html). National Rail. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Welcome"](http://radiowestfife.scot/). Radio West Fife. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Queen Margaret Hospital](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Queen_Margaret_Hospital).

- [Official website](https://www.nhsfife.org/nhs/index.cfm?fuseaction=nhs.facilitydisplay&p2sid=E46A280B-5056-8C6F-C030C8FB81407D0F&themeid=E4689E2B-5056-8C6F-C0BF8FA7CD6A38D0)

- [Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspection reports](http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/inspecting_and_regulating_care/nhs_hospitals_and_services/nhs_fife/queen_margaret_hospital.aspx)

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