Lothian Health Board
Scope and Contents
Management 1973-2002; administration 1912-2002; finance 1974-2002; press and publications 1947-2001; work studies 1976-1986; health promotion 1960s-2001
Dates
- Creation: 1912-2002
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal 30 year Scottish closure rules apply
Biographical / Historical
Following the NHS (Scotland) Act 1972, Regional Hospital Boards, Boards of Management and Executive Councils were abolished in 1974 and responsibility for community health services was also transferred from local authorities. These bodies were replaced by fifteen regional health boards acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Lothian Health Board was made responsible for Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. Today Lothian Health is housed in the old building of Deaconess Hospital in the Pleasance, Edinburgh.
Extent
15.4 shelf metres: papers, bound volumes, photographic material
Arrangement
Chronological within record classes
Other Finding Aids
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lothian Health Board
Accruals
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- Lothian Health Board
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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