Liberton Hospital

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

Liberton Hospital
NHS Lothian
Liberton Hospital
Shown in Edinburgh
Geography
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland.
Coordinates55.9087°N 3.1542°W / 55.9087; -3.1542
Organisation
TypeGeriatric medicine
History
Opened1906
Links
Websitewww.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/Pages/LibertonHospital.aspx
Other linksList of hospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital, which was designed by John Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne opened in 1906.[1] It operated in partnership with the Longmore Hospital and the two hospitals together became known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables.[2] 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.[3]

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


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