Corstorphine Hospital
Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland
55°56′35″N 3°16′19″W / 55.94306°N 3.27194°W / 55.94306; -3.27194Corstorphine Hospital was a community hospital on Corstorphine Road, Corstorphine in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Lothian.
History
The hospital was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and opened as the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Convalescent Home in July 1867.[1][2] It was extended in the 1890s[3] and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[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] The hospital closed that year, although the specialist nursing home on the site remained open.[5]
Services
The hospital specialised in long term and respite care for elderly people who had experienced a stroke or those with dementia.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Corstorphine Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Edinburgh, Corstorphine Road, Convalescent Home". Canmore. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Corstorphine Hospital". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Hospitals facing care village axe". Edinburgh News. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Buchan, Lizzy (25 May 2014). "Murraypark Nursing Home closure fears spark anger at NHS". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Corstorphine Hospital". Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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