Table 1 Characteristics of paediatric facilities included in this study. Vigintile scores represent deprivation with 1 being the most deprived and 20 the least deprived
Details of the reconfigured hospital | Details of adjacent hospital | Distance between reconfigured and adjacent hospitals (miles) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name (location) | Nature of and date of reconfiguration | Deprivation | Average monthly admission in five years pre-reconfiguration/1000 | Name (location) | Deprivation (1=lowest) | Average monthly admission in five years pre-reconfiguration/1000 | |||
SIMD vigintile (1=lowest) | Density of povertya | SIMD vigintile (1=lowest) | Density of povertya | ||||||
Inverclyde Royal Hospital (Greenock) | All inpatient services ceased in Nov ‘04 | 2 | 36.8% | 3.25 | Royal Alexandra Hospital (Paisley) | 12 | 25.3% | 4.46 | 19.3 |
Perth Royal Infirmary (Perth) | Short stay admission unit operational from Apr ’05 8am-8pm until March ’18 when all inpatient services ceased | 20 | 3.2% | 3.78 | Ninewells Hospital (Dundee) | 18 | 26.6% | 8.47 | 19.6 |
Dr Gray’s Hospital (Elgin) | Short stay admission unit operational from Mar ’18 8am-10pm | 18 | 0% | 5.70 | Royal Children’s Hospital (Aberdeen) | 16 | 6.0% | 5.82 | 65.3 |
Raigmore Infirmary (Inverness) | 8 | 5.1% | 7.26 | 37.4 | |||||
Royal Alexandra Hospital (Paisley) | All inpatient services ceased Dec’17 | 12 | 25.3% | 5.38 | Royal Hospital for Children (Glasgow) | 6 | 44.2% | 10.74 | 6.2 |
St John’s Hospital (Livingston) | A short stay assessment unit was open from July ’17. | 12 | 13.8% | 3.09 | Royal Hospital for Children (Edinburgh) | 19 | 8.4% | 4.48 | 16.5 |