The first phase of the new hospital, which excluded maternity services, opened in 1985.

The second phase was completed in 1993 and the new facilities were officially opened by the Princess Royal later that year.

[1][2] From January 2012, all of Fife's accident and emergency services were located at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.

[5] Various Stagecoach East Scotland bus services stop at the hospital.

[6] A railway station is within a ten-minute walk of the hospital.