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NHS Lothian
NHS Lothian is one of the 14 regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the City of Edinburgh (council area), City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian council areas. Its headquarters are at Mainpoint 102 Westport, Edinburgh. Services It is responsible for the care provided by around 29,000 staff at a number of locations: * 21 hospitals, including four major teaching hospitals * 126 General practitioner, GP practices * 180 Community pharmacy, community pharmacies * 173 Dentist, dental practices * 112 Optometry, ophthalmic practices Community Health Partnerships The Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP) has responsibilities around delivering community health services and also addressing inequalities in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian. When the CHPs were established in 2005 they provided a single management structure, taking over control of community services which were transferred under their control. On 1 April 2007, Edinburgh Community Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The "foundational myth" has it that the hospital was founded by Dr Andrew Duncan, following the death of Robert Fergusson, a Scottish poet who died in 1774 following mental health problems caused by a head injury. The story has been contested by a number of modern scholars - see e.g. Barfoot, Michael. "Contested Charity: Andrew Duncan and the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, 1792-1828". (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Archives, DEP/BAM/2.) Duncan wanted to establish a hospital in Edinburgh that would care for the mentally ill of the city and after launching an appeal in 1792 a grant of £2,000 was approved by Parliament in 1806. A royal charter was granted by King George III in 1807 and the facility was then established as a public body. A villa in Morningside, along with four acres of land, was then purchased and in 1809 the foundation s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh
Chalmers Hospital is a hospital located in Chalmers Street, in the centre of Edinburgh. It is operated by NHS Lothian. History The hospital was made possible following a bequest from George Chalmers (1773-1836), an Edinburgh plumber and lead merchant and a City burgess, "for the express purpose of founding a new infirmary or sick and hurt hospital". Construction on the new facility, which was designed by John Dick Peddie, began in 1860. It opened in February 1864 and was extended in 1872. The hospital was used for civilian casualties during the Second World War. It joined the National Health Service as a general hospital in 1948, but, following the publication of a report for NHS Lothian in 2007, it was changed into a sexual health centre in 2011. Services The hospital serves as NHS Lothian’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Service's centre. Services include contraception advice and supplies, emergency contraception, free condoms, STI testing and treatment, HIV including post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Berwick
North Berwick (; ) is a seaside resort, seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately east-northeast of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the nineteenth century because of its two sandy bays, the East (or Milsey) Bay and the West Bay, and continues to attract holidaymakers. Golf courses at the ends of each bay are open to visitors. Name The name Berwick means "barley farmstead" (''bere'' in Old English means "barley" and ''wic'' means "farmstead"). Alternatively, like other place names in Scotland ending in 'wick', this word means 'bay' (Old Norse: vík). The word North was applied to distinguish this Berwick from Berwick-upon-Tweed, which throughout the Middle Ages the Scots called South Berwick. It was recorded as Northberwyk in 1250. Prehistory and Archaeology On the south side of North Berwick Law there is evidence of at least 18 hut circles, rich mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edington Cottage Hospital
Edington Cottage Hospital is a hospital located in 54 St Baldred's Road, North Berwick, East Lothian. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The hospital was founded by Elizabeth Edington (1831–1908), who bequeathed 10,000 pounds to found the hospital. Originally opened as Edington Home in October 1913, it was subsequently known as 'The Home of Tired Mothers'. It joined the National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ... as Edington Cottage Hospital in 1948. Services Amongst other services, Edington Cottage Hospital has a minor injuries unit and GP beds for the frail elderly. References External linksFriends of Edington Hospital Buildings and structures in East Lothian NHS Scotland hospitals NHS Lothian {{UK-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunbar
Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the Anglo–Scottish border, English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and Civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish. The parish extends around east to west and is deep at its greatest extent, or , and contains the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, Scotland, Belhaven, and East Barns (abandoned) and several hamlets and farms. Dunbar has a Dunbar Harbour, harbour dating from 1574 and is home to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second-oldest RNLI station in Scotland. The Dunbar Primary School and Dunbar Grammar School opened in the 1950s and 1960s. Dunbar is the birthplace of the explorer, naturalist, and influential conservationist John Muir. John Muir's Birthplace, The house in which Muir was born is located on the High Street, and has been converted into a museum. There i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belhaven Hospital
Belhaven Hospital is a community hospital in Beveridge Row, Dunbar, East Lothian. The hospital is managed by NHS Lothian. History The hospital was designed by Sydney Mitchell and George Wilson and built as an infectious diseases facility between 1903 and 1904. An emergency operating theatre was added during the Second World War and the hospital joined the National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ... in 1948. In January 2018 the hospital board announced that ward 2 would be closed for clinical use. Services The hospital provides continuing care and GP beds for the frail and elderly. References Buildings and structures in East Lothian NHS Scotland hospitals NHS Lothian Dunbar {{UK-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western General Hospital
The Western General Hospital (often abbreviated to simply ‘The Western General’) is a health facility at Craigleith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The hospital was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and opened as the St. Cuthberts and Canongate Poorhouse in 1868, principally as a workhouse but also having some hospital functions. It was later renamed Craigleith Poorhouse. In 1915, during the First World War, the building was requisitioned by the War Office to create the 2nd Scottish General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties. After returning to poorhouse use in 1920 it was converted fully to hospital use in 1927. A nurses' home was added in 1935 and a pathology block was completed in 1939. It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and a new library was completed in 1979. The first Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre opened on the Western General Hospital site in 1996. In June 2012 the Medicine for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion
The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion is a specialist eye treatment centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. It provides ophthalmic care for Edinburgh and the Lothians, and tertiary care for South East Scotland. History The Eye Dispensary for Edinburgh was founded in 1822 on the Lawnmarket. One of the founders was John Argyll Robertson, whose son Douglas Argyll Robertson would later work on the eye ward at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1834 a separate Eye Infirmary was founded. Departments for Ear, Nose and Throat were subsequently added in 1883 to form the Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1922 the Infirmary and Dispensary amalgamated to combined premises on Cambridge Street. In 1853 a new surgical hospital was built between the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Infirmary Street and Surgeons' Hall, containing 19 beds for eye patients. The eye facilities were moved to the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Lauriston Place in 1870, and were exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberton Hospital
Liberton Hospital is a facility for geriatric medicine on Lasswade Road in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. It is scheduled to close in 2025. History The hospital was designed by John Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne and opened in 1906. Liberton operated in partnership with the Longmore Hospital and the two hospitals together became known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and a new four‑storey geriatric facility was built on the site in 1963. Redevelopment plans In 2014, the health board considered proposals to demolish the hospital and three others, with a view to replacing these facilities with care villages which would consist of buildings more suited to social care. In April 2023 it was announced that Edinburgh Council The City of Edinburgh Council (Scottish Gaelic: ''Comhairle Baile Dhùn Èideann'') is the Local government in Scotland, local government authority cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leith Community Treatment Centre
The Leith Community Treatment Centre is a community hospital in Junction Place, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The centre replaced various outpatient services previously based at the Leith Hospital, Mill Lane Medical centre, the Eastern General Hospital The Eastern General Hospital was a health facility in Seafield Street in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Lothian at its time of closure and prior to that was managed by Lothian Health Board. History The hospital was designed by ... and others, opened in June 2004 and cost £8.5 million. It was the first Community Treatment Centre of its kind in Scotland and provides services to children and adults living in the North East of Edinburgh and Leith. Consultants from Edinburgh hospitals such as the Western General, the Royal Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children attend the centre regularly. Patients are referred here by hospital consultants or their local general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauriston Building
The Lauriston Building is an out-patient centre in Lauriston, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The building, which was designed by Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall, formed part of the first phase of the intended re-development of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and was built between 1976 and 1981. The Edinburgh Dental Institute moved to the building from Chambers Street in 1997. Since the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moved to Little France in 2001, the building has been used as a centre for outpatient services. Services It is used for outpatient services by ear, nose and throat, dermatology and orthopaedic Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ... departments. Notes References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
