 The hospital is built on the site of the former Southern General Hospital and opened at the end of April 2015.The hospital comprises a newly built 1,109-bed adult hospital, a 256-bed children's hospital and two major A&E departments, one for adults and one for children in addition to buildings retained from the former hospital.The QEUH is the Regional Major Trauma Centre for the west of Scotland and is also the largest hospital campus in Europe.