St. Margaret`s Hospice, as it has been known since 1950, has changed it`s name to St. Margaret of Scotland Hospice. As Queen of Scotland, Margaret`s great influence was in the care of the poor and charity. She founded several churches including the Abbey of Dunfermline. She was a famous philanthropist who was raised to Saintly status in recognition of her charitable work.

Almost 60 years ago, a Sister of Charity who had fairly recently come to Clydebank to help with the work of the Parish and school, was approached by a gentleman with advanced throat cancer who told her that he had nowhere to go, and did not know what to do, as he felt he was growing steadily worse and had no-one to care for him. As a result of this, the Sister contacted Dublin to ask if it might be possible for them to send over a Sister trained in nursing who would look after this man and others like him - thus began the Hospice, growing steadily as the demand arose.

All the houses in the Congregation made a real effort to find money to send to Clydebank. With help from the local Churches and the local community sufficient money was raised to buy a house in Millbrae Crescent, plus equipment and other things necessary to establish a small Hospice. This gentleman was the first patient admitted. The first house was quickly outgrown and the house next door was bought and taken into use. But again, in a very short time it was obvious that something further would need to be done if the needs of the sick were to be met. Once again, the Sisters decided that a purpose-built Hospice would be the only answer.

The first turf of the new Hospice was cut on the 19th July 1969 and on the 29th September 1971 the new Hospice was opened to accommodate sixty patients. In 1989 the Appeal Fund was launched for the re-development and upgrading of the Hospice, and, on the 22nd September 1993 the second floor was opened, as well as a new Day Care Centre. The 20th October 1998 marked the opening of the new state of the art Education Centre and in October 2000, a new Hydrotherapy Pool was opened.