AROUND 200 volunteers are wanted to help patients find their way around the new South Glasgow University hospital.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hopes to recreate the legacy of the 'Clydesiders' - the volunteers who turned out in force to help at the Commonwealth Games - and wants people to register as guides.
The volunteers will help patients and visitors find their way around and use self-service check-in kiosks.
They will also signpost patients to waiting areas and to "calling screens" located in the entrance and café areas. The screens are used to call patients to their appointments.
Health board chairman Andrew Robertson said: "With the opening of the new SGUH and the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) the volunteers we are recruiting may provide support such as helping the patients find their way around the new hospitals.
"This will extend the excellent support they already provide in many of our inpatient wards.
"We recognise that volunteers play a major role in our organisation and every year as part of our annual chairman's awards there is a standalone category dedicated to honouring our volunteers."
The volunteers will wear distinctive red polo shirts with 'volunteer' and the NHSGGC logo.
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