Edinburgh Southern Hospitals Board of Management

This material is held atLothian Health Services Archive

Scope and Content

Board of Management minutes 1948-1976; Finance Committee minutes 1948-1974; Finance Committee (endowments) minutes 1953-1974; Board of Management (endowments) minutes 1953-1974; Association of Secretaries and Treasurers of Scottish Hospital Boards of Management 1966-1974

Administrative / Biographical History

Set up as a result of the NHS (Scotland) Act of 1947 under the control of the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board and operated until the reorganisation of the NHS in 1974. The following were included: Bruntsfield Hospital; Deaconess Hospital; Elsie Inglis Hospital; Liberton Hospital and Longmore Hospital. From 1974 these formed part of the South Lothian District of Lothian Health Board.

Arrangement

Chronological within record class

Access Information

Normal 30 year Scottish closure rules apply

Acquisition Information

Miss Seddon, Astley Ainslie, Canaan Park, December 1982

Note

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

Other Finding Aids

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Custodial History

Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer

Accruals

No further accessions are expected

Related Material

Lothian Health Board (LHB37) South Eastern Regional Hospital Board (LHB38). South Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB28)