Edinburgh Royal Victoria and Associated Hospitals Board of Management

Board of Management and committee minutes 1948-1974; endowments, trusts, and Comforts Funds minutes 1954-1974; correspondence files 1963; seal; financial papers 1949-1972; Royal Victoria Centenary material c1987; pamphlets etc relating to Tuberculosis 1906-1982

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: City Hospital; Loanhead Hospital; Royal Victoria Hospital; Southfield Hospital and Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest. From 1974-1984, the Royal Victoria was part of the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board. The other hospitals were part of the South Lothian District of Lothian Health Board.

Chronological within record class

Normal 30 year Scottish closure rules apply

Miss Seddon, Canaan Park, Astley Ainslie Hospital, December 1982

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

Manual item-level descriptive list available

Records held within the National Health Service prior to transfer

No further accessions are expected

Lothian Health Board (LHB37) Lothian Health Board (LHB37) North Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB27) North Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB27) South Eastern Regional Hospital Board (LHB38) South Eastern Regional Hospital Board (LHB38) South Lothian District, Lothian Health Board (LHB28)