Bellshill Maternity Hospital

Bellshill Maternity Hospital
Buildings from the original Bellshill Maternity Hospital built in the 1870s
Shown in North Lanarkshire
Geography
Location	Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′45″N 4°01′33″W / 55.8292°N 4.0259°W / 55.8292; -4.0259
History
Opened	1870s
Closed	2001
Links
Other links	List of hospitals in Scotland

The hospital was built as a poor law hospital in the 1870s.^[1] It became an infectious diseases hospital in 1892 and a maternity hospital in 1917.^[1] An early obstetric flying squad was established at the hospital in the 1930s.^[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.^[3] A modern facility, designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia was opened by the Queen in July 1962.^[4] After maternity services transferred to Wishaw General Hospital in 2001, the buildings were demolished in 2003 and the site was subsequently redeveloped for residential use.^[5]

Famous people born in the hospital include:

Robin Cook, politician^[6]
Sheena Easton, singer^[7]
Ally McCoist, footballer^[8]
Paul McGuigan, film maker^[8]
Lord Reid, politician^[7]
Sharleen Spiteri, singer-songwriter; guitarist; lead vocalist of the Scottish pop-rock band Texas^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Records of Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire, Scotland". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

^ Gibson, E.D.; Ritchie, J.W.K.; Armstrong, M.J. (1980). "The changing role of the obstetric flying squad". The Ulster Medical Journal. 49 (2). Queen's University of Belfast: 126–130. PMC 2385984. PMID 7445264. S2CID 21572671.

^ "Bellshill Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

^ "Bellshill Maternity Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

^ "Reunion for former maternity staff is bigger than before". Motherwell Times. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

^ "Obituary: Robin Cook". BBC News. 6 August 2005. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

^ ^a ^b "How Alex Neil's career has readied him for his biggest challenge yet". Norwich City Football Club. 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Maternity staff reunion just the start". Motherwell Times. 28 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

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