Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh

Deaconess Hospital
Deaconess Hospital
	NHS Lothian
	Deaconess Hospital
	Shown in Edinburgh
Geography
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland.
Coordinates	55.9453°N 3.1838°W
History
Opened	1894
Closed	1990
Links
Other links	List of hospitals in Scotland

The Deaconess Hospital was a health facility in Edinburgh, Scotland.

History

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

"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. 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. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

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[lhsa-1] "History of Deaconess Hospital". Lothian Health Services Archive. Archived from the original on 30 August 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[2] "Old hospital transformed into student flats". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[3] "A brief look at the history of the Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh, 1894–1990" (PDF). Journal of the Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 2 August 2019.