Editing East Ayrshire (section)

==Services==
===Health Care===
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[[File:University Hospital Crosshouse entrance.jpg|thumb|right|[[University Hospital Crosshouse]], outside Kilmarnock, is the regions largest hospital]]

Health care in East Ayrshire is provided by [[NHS Ayrshire and Arran]], one of the fourteen regions of [[NHS Scotland]]. The health boards main, and largest, hospital is [[University Hospital Crosshouse]] located between the village of [[Crosshouse]] and the administrative town of East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock. Other NHS Ayrshire and Arran hospitals within East Ayrshire include [[East Ayrshire Community Hospital]] in Cumnock, and the former [[Kirklandside Hospital]] in [[Hurlford]].

Work on University Hospital Crosshouse, which was commissioned to replace the [[Kilmarnock Infirmary]], began on the site in August 1972 with completion expected in May 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1980/dec/09/north-ayrshire-district-general-hospital|title=North Ayrshire District General Hospital|publisher=Hansard|date=9 December 1980|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref> The contractor, [[Melville Dundas|Melville Dundas & Whitson]], encountered difficulties with the water supply and ventilation systems<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19781129&id=8QI-AAAAIBAJ&pg=5506,6657982&hl=en|title=Board told to reject faulty £10m hospital|publisher=The Glasgow Herald |date=29 November 1978|access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> and the facility was only officially opened by [[George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie|George Younger]], [[Secretary of State for Scotland]], as Crosshouse Hospital in June 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhsaaa.net/media/5486/dialogue-2-issue-1.pdf|page=6|title=Happy Birthday NHSpublisher=Dialogue 2.0|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref> A new maternity unit, which replaced a similar facility at [[Ayrshire Central Hospital]] in [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]] was opened in the grounds of the hospital in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stillbirth-rate-ayrshire-maternity-unit-2440471|title=Stillbirth rate at Ayrshire maternity unit rises|date=13 February 2009|publisher=Daily Record|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref> In March 2012, the hospital officially became University Hospital Crosshouse as a result of a partnership with the [[University of the West of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/anger-as-hospitals-are-given-new-names-out-of-the-blue.16777036 |title=Anger as hospitals are given new names 'out of the blue' |last=Wilson |first=Caroline |work=[[Evening Times]] |date=20 February 2012 |access-date=9 July 2014}}</ref>

[[Kirklandside Hospital]], in neighbouring village [[Hurlford]] closed between 2018 and 2020. Kirklandside hospital provided consultant-led services for frail elderly patients. It had 25 long-stay beds for inpatient care and a [[day hospital]] which provided assessment and rehabilitation facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhsaaa.net/hospitals-and-health-centres/kirklandside-hospital.aspx |title=Kirklandside Hospital |publisher=[[NHS Ayrshire and Arran]] |accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref>

East Ayrshire is served by a number of [[general practice]] (GP) surgeries under NHS Scotland and a variety of other healthcare services including dental treatment and pharmacies.

===Education===
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[[File:Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock, 2018.jpg|thumb|right|The new [[Ayrshire College]] campus opened in Kilmarnock in October 2016]]
East Ayrshire has nine secondary schools, forty-three primary schools, four schools which cater for children with additional support needs, thirty-three early education childhood centres and three children's houses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/CouncilDepartments/EducationalAndSocialServices/EducationalAndSocialServices.aspx |title=Educational and Social Services - East Ayrshire Council |access-date=2013-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202517/http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/CouncilDepartments/EducationalAndSocialServices/EducationalAndSocialServices.aspx |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Kilmarnock Academy]] is one of only two schools in the world to have educated two [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel laureates]]: [[Alexander Fleming]] and [[John Boyd Orr]]. Both men attended Kilmarnock Academy when it was located on North Hamilton Street; the school has since relocated to Sutherland Drive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousindex.htm|title=kilmarnockacademy.co.uk|website=kilmarnockacademy.co.uk|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720004458/http://kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousindex.htm|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kilmarnock Academy: Former pupils |url=https://www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk/cm-content/files/Former%20pupils%20master%20(002).pdf |website=Kilmarnock History |access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>

[[Grange Academy, Kilmarnock|Grange Academy]] in Kilmarnock, is one of only seven [[Scottish Football Association|Scottish Football Association (SFA) Performance Schools]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/performance/jd-performance-schools/grange-academy-kilmarnock/ | title=Grange Academy &#124; Performance Schools &#124; Scottish FA }}</ref>

The [[Robert Burns Academy]] in Cumnock is the largest educational campus in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/scotlands-biggest-school-takes-shape-14157676 | title=Scotland's biggest school takes shape in Ayrshire | date=19 March 2019 }}</ref>

The area's secondary schools include:
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*[[Doon Academy]]
*[[Grange Academy, Kilmarnock|Grange Academy]]
*[[Kilmarnock Academy]] 
*[[Loudoun Academy]]
*[[Robert Burns Academy]]
*[[Saint Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock|St Joseph's Academy]]
*[[Stewarton Academy]]
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Kilmarnock is home to a campus of [[Ayrshire College]], which provides a range of courses to adults as well as school-aged pupils. It is funded by East Ayrshire council and other educational providers. The campus opened in October 2016 in a new, £53 million, building on the site of the Johnnie Walker bottling plant. It superseded the [[Kilmarnock College]] building on Holehouse Road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14961211.first-minister-opens-53-million-ayrshire-college-kilmarnock-campus/|title = First Minister opens £53 million Ayrshire College Kilmarnock campus| date=12 December 2016 }}</ref>