NHS Fife
# NHS Fife

NHS Fife 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.

