Liberton Hospital
NHS Lothian
Liberton Hospital
Liberton Hospital is located in Edinburgh
Liberton Hospital
Shown in Edinburgh
Geography
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Coordinates55°54′31″N 3°09′15″W / 55.9087°N 3.1542°W / 55.9087; -3.1542
Organisation
TypeGeriatric medicine
History
Opened1906
Links
Websitewww.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/Pages/LibertonHospital.aspx
ListsHospitals in Scotland
Other linksList of hospitals in Scotland

Liberton Hospital is a facility for geriatric medicine on Lasswade Road in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian.

History

The hospital, which was designed by John Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne opened in 1906.[1][2] It operated in partnership with the Longmore Hospital and the two hospitals together became known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and a new four‑storey geriatric facility was built on the site in 1963.[1]

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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Liberton Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Liberton Hospital, Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ "Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables". Lothian Health Services Archive. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Hospitals facing care village axe". Edinburgh News. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.


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