[2] The hospital has nursing and research links with the University of Dundee and is managed by NHS Tayside.

Designed by Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall and partners, the protracted construction began in August 1964.

The hospital was initially designed to hold 800 beds, and the ward units were planned on the 'race track' principle.

[4][5] At the opening ceremony, she stated "nothing that science can devise, nor money provide, will be lacking for the treatment of the patients".

[9][10] Maryfield Hospital, which had formerly been the East Poorhouse, was closed to patients in stages between 1974 and 1976 as a result of the opening of Ninewells.

[3] The same archive also has a collection of microfilm copies of plans and documents relating to the construction of the hospital by Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall & Partners.

As such, it was the second purpose built medical school in UK, and has garnered a reputation for excellence in academic research.

It serves children, aged from birth up until their fourteenth birthday, who live in Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross and north east Fife; as such, it was so named after a region rather than a city to reflect the wide area that it covers.

[21] On the Ninewells site, there is also a Maggie's Centre building, intended as a calming and accommodating place to support patients and their families.

[22] It occupies a hilltop position which enhances the building's sculptural form when viewed from the approach road.