Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children
Scope and Contents
LHB5: Management 1859-1948; administration 1859-1961; finance 1859-1956; plans and buildings 1861-1958; history and publications 1859-1969; staff 1876-1982; Muirfield Convalescent Home 1897-1952; patients (bound records) 1860-1954; LHB5A: Sick Children's Appeal 1991-1992
Dates
- Creation: 1859 - 1992
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Public access to these records is governed by the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and the latest version of the Scottish Government Records Management: Health and Social Care Code of Practice (Scotland). Whilst some records may be accessed freely by researchers, the aforementioned legislation and guidelines mean that records containing sensitive information on named individuals may be closed to the public for a set time.
Where records contain information relating to named deceased adults, they will be open 75 years after the latest date in the record, on the next 01 January. Records containing sensitive information on individuals below 18 years (living or deceased) or adults not proven to be deceased will be open 100 years after the latest date in the record, on the next 01 January. Further information on legislation and guidelines covering medical records can be found on the LHSA webpage (www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk).
LHSA can support the use of records closed to public access for legitimate clinical, historical and genealogical research purposes. Please contact the LHSA Archivist for more details regarding procedures on how you can apply for permission to view closed records. Telephone us on: 0131 650 3392 or email us at lhsa@ed.ac.uk
Biographical / Historical
Opened in 1860 as Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children, and received Royal patronage in 1863. It was originally situated in the Lauriston Lane area then moved to current building in Sciennes Road designed by G Washington Brown, 1895. Muirfield Convalescent Home opened in 1909. In 1948 it became part of the Edinburgh Central Hospitals of South Eastern Regional Hospital Board and in 1974-1984, part of South Lothian District of Lothian Health Board. It is now known as Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust Hospital.
Extent
30.4 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Accruals
Further accessions are expected
Bibliography
- Title
- Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44 (0)131 650 3392
lhsa@ed.ac.uk