title: NHS Fife
text: # 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.
  
  