From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
NHS Fife
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | NHS Fife | |
| logo_size | 150 | |
| map | NHSfife.png | |
| start_date | 2004 | |
| end_date | ||
| type | NHS board | |
| headquarters | Hayfield Road | |
| Kirkcaldy | ||
| KY2 5AH | ||
| coords | ||
| region_served | Fife | |
| hospitals | {{Plainlist | |
| staff | 7,683 (2018/19) | |
| website |
Kirkcaldy KY2 5AH
- Adamson Hospital
- Cameron Hospital
- Glenrothes Hospital
- Lynebank Hospital
- Queen Margaret Hospital
- Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital
- St Andrews Community Hospital
- Stratheden Hospital
- Victoria Hospital
- Whyteman's Brae Hospital
NHS Fife (NHS Fife University Health Board, as of July 2025) is an NHS board which provides healthcare services in Fife, Scotland. It is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.
Hospitals
The board runs two main hospitals:
- Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy
- Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline
It also runs a number of community and day hospitals, including:
- Adamson Hospital in Cupar
- Cameron Hospital in Windygates
- Glenrothes Hospital
- Lynebank Hospital in Dunfermline
- Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Buckhaven
- St Andrews Community Hospital
- Stratheden Hospital in Cupar
- Whyteman's Brae Hospital in Kirkcaldy
Finances
The board faces an overspend of up to £3.5 million for 2014/5. Financial pressures included the cost of medical locums and bank nurses to fill long-term vacancies in acute services and the impact of new drugs to treat Hepatitis C and Anti-TNF drugs for rheumatology.
In 2019, it was reported that the NHS Fife estate needed £89 million of maintenance to bring the buildings up to acceptable standards, and that this cost had risen by £11.5 million in the last year, primarily due to further deterioration of the tower block at Victoria Hospital.
Controversies
Peggie v NHS Fife
In 2024, NHS Fife suspended a nurse following an altercation at the Victoria Hospital in which the nurse in question supposedly made comments about a transgender doctor's use of the female changing facilities. The nurse is currently pursuing NHS Fife under the Equality Act 2010. The tribunal, as of June 2025, has cost around £259,000 which NHS Fife is liable to pay £25,000 of. (main article)
References
References
- "Contact Us".
- "Consolidated Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019".
- "NHS Fife University Health Board {{!}} NHS Fife".
- "Hospitals & Health Centres".
- (26 February 2015). "NHS Fife books end year in red". Fife Today.
- "NHS Fife buildings in need of almost £90m of maintenance work".
- (2025-07-18). "Lawyers for nurse in trans case criticise 'irresponsible' health board".
- "Nurse confronted trans doctor in 'unacceptable' manner, tribunal hears - BBC News".
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about NHS Fife — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report