Crosshouse Children’s Fund passes funding milestone as it celebrates anniversary Crosshouse Children's Fund has now invested over £350,000 into Ayrshire hospitals. Daily Record · Jul 4, 2023
Ayrshire biking community welcomes brave 9-year-old at annual Easter Egg Run after his open heart surgery A 9-year-old from Prestwick who recently had open heart surgery joined the biking community to help raise funds in aid of Crosshouse Children’s Fund Daily Record · Apr 11, 2023
Ayrshire health chief says 'high demand' putting extra pressure on services Claire Burden has today admitted that A&E departments in Ayrshire have become "even busier" as hospital occupancy has skyrocketed by 100 per cent in the last 15 days. Daily Record · Mar 15, 2023
ICU bed transfer from Ayr Hospital to Crosshouse was done to prevent a future "emergency staff crisis," say NHS chiefs NHS Ayrshire & Arran said it has become “increasingly difficult” to sustain the current critical care service model at Ayr because of “significant difficulties” in recruiting senior medical staff. Daily Record · Mar 2, 2023
ICU beds to shut at Ayr Hospital as NHS chiefs admit strain on system The news, broken to senior staff yesterday, has sparked a furious reaction with critical care beds set to move to Crosshouse. Daily Record · Mar 1, 2023
War of words erupts between Scots villages after event organisers 'steal' fireworks poster The furious group launched a verbal rocket at event organisers after realised their posted had been copied. Daily Record · Nov 9, 2022
Patients ‘sleeping on recliner chairs’ in overcrowded hospital, inspection finds Some patients at an Ayrshire hospital spent up to 28 hours on trolleys in corridors while waiting for treatment, with some spending three days on… The National (Scotland) · Jul 27, 2022
Girl, 4, battled in hospital after 'sick bug' leads to rare disease affecting just one in a million Brave Grace MacMillan spent 28 days in hospital fighting off an illness which saw her immune system attack her healthy nerves. Daily Record · May 2, 2022
Outpatient clinics at NHS Ayrshire & Arran will return tomorrow as planned following day of disruption It followed a major incident being declared on Sunday morning at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, when the power went down and affected services at nearby health units. Daily Record · Mar 7, 2022
Scots health board declares 'major incident' as hospital suffers power cut NHS Ayrshire and Arran has confirmed that University Hospital Crosshouse, near Kilmarnock, lost power in the early hours of Sunday March 6, temporarily affecting services. Daily Record · Mar 6, 2022
Lanarkshire primary first school in Scotland to become 'centre of excellence' for financial education Crosshouse Primary School achieved the required standard following its commitment to a progressive financial education programme Daily Record · Feb 21, 2022