Editing Glasgow (section)

==Healthcare==
[[File:QEUH.jpg|thumb|right|[[Queen Elizabeth University Hospital]] is the largest hospital campus in Europe.]]

Medical care in and around Glasgow is provided by [[NHS Scotland]] and is directly administered by [[NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde]]. Major hospitals, including those with [[Emergency department|Accident & Emergency]] provision, are: the [[Western Infirmary]], [[Gartnavel General Hospital]], [[Glasgow Royal Infirmary]] and the [[Glasgow Dental Hospital and School|Dental Hospital]] in the city Centre, [[Stobhill Hospital]] in the North and the [[Glasgow Victoria Infirmary|Victoria Infirmary]] and [[Queen Elizabeth University Hospital]] in the South Side. [[Gartnavel Royal Hospital]] and The Priory are the two major psychiatric hospitals based in Glasgow.

The [[Queen Elizabeth University Hospital]] (QEUH) Campus is a 1,677-bed acute hospital located in [[Govan]] in the south-west of Glasgow. The hospital is built on the site of the former [[Southern General Hospital]] and opened at the end of April 2015. The hospital comprises a newly built 1,109-bed adult hospital, a 256-bed children's hospital and two major A&E departments, one for adults and one for children in addition to buildings retained from the former hospital. The QEUH is the Regional Major Trauma Centre for the west of Scotland<ref name="Healthcare Improvement Scotland">{{cite web |url=http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/inspecting_and_regulating_care/opah_greater_glasgow_and_clyde/qeuh_dec_15.aspx |title=HIS : Queen Elizabeth University Hospital |website=healthcareimprovementscotland.org |access-date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141621/http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/inspecting_and_regulating_care/opah_greater_glasgow_and_clyde/qeuh_dec_15.aspx |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and is also the largest hospital campus in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/13078939.Scotshield_wins_hospital_fire_system_contract/ |title=Scotshield wins hospital fire system contract |first=Ian |last=McConnell |work=The Herald |date=30 October 2012 |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716203303/http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/13078939.Scotshield_wins_hospital_fire_system_contract/ |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

There is also an emergency telephone service provided by [[NHS 24]] and 24-hour access to [[general practitioner]]s through out-of-hours centres. [[Paramedic]] services are provided by the [[Scottish Ambulance Service]] and supported by voluntary bodies like the [[St. Andrew's Ambulance Association]]. A strong [[Teaching hospital|teaching]] tradition is maintained between the city's main hospitals and the [[University of Glasgow Medical School]].

All pharmacies provide a wide range of services including minor ailment advice, emergency hormonal contraception and public health advice; some provide oxygen and needle exchange.

There are private clinics and hospitals at the [[Nuffield Health|Nuffield]] in the west end and Ross Hall in the south side of the city.