Herdmanflat Hospital

Herdmanflat Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Aberlady Road, Haddington, Scotland. It is operated by NHS Lothian.[1]

Herdmanflat Hospital
NHS Lothian
East Lothian District Asylum
Shown in East Lothian
Geography
LocationHaddington, Scotland
Coordinates55.95999°N 2.78672°W / 55.95999; -2.78672
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypePsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1866
Links
Other linksList of hospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital is located at a site which was once known as Herdmanflat Farm.[2] The facility was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and opened as the East Lothian District Asylum in 1866.[3][4] A dining hall was added in 1890 and several villas were added in 1908.[4] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3]

After the Garleton Unit at Herdmanflat Hospital had been upgraded at a cost of £250,000, mental health services transferred from Edenhall Hospital in Musselburgh. This created a "one-stop shop for older people's mental health services" for the whole of East Lothian at Herdmanflat Hospital.[5]

NHS Lothian has proposed creating a community hospital on the site.[6]

After all services have been moved to the new East Lothian Community Hospital (ELCH) being built on the site of Roodlands General Hospital in Haddington, the hospital will close in 2019.[7]

References
  1. "Herdmanflat Hospital". NHS Lothian. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. "Herdmanflat Hospital". Lothian Health Services Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. "Herdmanflat Hospital". National archives. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. "Herdmanflat Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. "New £250k mental health unit at Herdmanflat". East Lothian Courier. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. "Late 2017 pencilled in for new community hospital". East Lothian Courier. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. "'Extra-care' housing plan for Haddington's Herdmanflat Hospital". East Lothian Courier. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.


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