About Raigmore Hospital

About Raigmore Hospital

The main building at Raigmore Hospital consists of 8 floors. These house:

• teaching facilities
• theatre suite of operating theatres
• intensive care unit
• coronary care unit
• maternity unit
• chest unit
• renal unit

All of these are serviced by comprehensive support services.

Raigmore Hospital has a main outpatient department along with a number of specialty outpatient departments including:

• the Highland Breast Centre
• Macmillan Suite
• eye clinic
• ear, nose and throat clinic

There are diagnostic clinic areas providing a range of radiological examinations including plain film x-ray, MRI and CT.  There are also a number of Allied Health Professional clinics running across the Raigmore site.

Raigmore has been based on its current site since 1941.

Services at Raigmore Hospital

Raigmore has close links to tertiary services in the central belt of Scotland and Aberdeen.

The Hospital covers all specialties and is a training hospital for Nursing and Medical staff in association with Stirling, Aberdeen and Dundee Universities. It is a Regional Cancer Centre.

Outreach Services are provided to many sites across the Highland Health Care Partnership area and to both the Western Isles and Orkney.

The hospital is managed by a Director of Operations who is supported by a local management team.

A number of services are currently hosted on the site, but do not report directly into the Raigmore Management Structure. They form part of corporate services and include Infection Control and Pharmacy Estate/Site Maintenance.

Medical Division

The Medical Division delivers a wide range of medical specialities, including Care of the Elderly, Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease, Respiratory, Renal, Stroke and Young Adult Rehabilitation, Paediatrics, Neurology, Rheumatology, Dermatology and Cardiology.  The division also provides Cancer Services (Oncology and Haematology). The division has a medical assessment unit, a medical high dependency unit and a coronary care unit.  In addition, the division also includes the Emergency Department and the Integrated Out of Hours provision of Inverness GP Services.

Surgical Specialties Division

The Surgical Division provides services across a wide range of specialities including General Surgery including Upper GI, Colorectal and Vascular, Orthopaedics, ENT, Urology, Ophthalmology, Orthodontics and Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. The Division also manages Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, a 7 bed Intensive Care Unit, 10 Theatres and a Day Surgery Unit.

Quality and Patient Safety Division

The Quality and Patient Safety Division, led by the Lead Nurse, is responsible for developing and monitoring the implementation of quality and patient safety strategies, together with supporting the development of operational policies, procedures and guidelines.   

The Division is also responsible for delivering, maintaining, and enhancing a pro-active and positive Quality and Patient Safety culture which effectively contributes to NHS Highland’s clinical governance roles, responsibilities and plans.  The Division encompasses specific programmes, including the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP), the Healthcare Associated Infections Programme, Better Together and associated Patient Experience initiatives and works in partnership with all the Divisions across Raigmore Hospital.

This division is also responsible for Hotel Services which is made up of Domestic Services, Portering and Security, Catering, Telecommunications and Accommodation.