Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh
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| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°56′43″N 3°10′53″W / 55.94528°N 3.18139°W / 55.94528; -3.18139 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1894 |
| Closed | 1990 |
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| Other links | List of hospitals in Scotland |
The Deaconess Hospital was a health facility in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The hospital, which was established as part of an initiative by Professor Archibald Charteris to provide nursing training for deaconesses, was opened in 1894.[1] The site chosen was adjacent to St Ninian's Mission which Charteris had established three years earlier.[1] After being substantially rebuilt in the early 1930s, the hospital was officially re-opened by the Duke and Duchess of York in December 1936.[1]
The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and closed in 1990.[1] It served as the headquarters of NHS Lothian until the health board moved to Waverley Gate in 2010.[2] It was converted into student accommodation for the University of Edinburgh in 2014.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "History of Deaconess Hospital". Lothian Health Services Archive. Archived from the original on 30 August 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Old hospital transformed into student flats". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "A brief look at the history of the Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh, 1894–1990" (PDF). Journal of the Royal College of Physicians. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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