Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Royal Edinburgh Hospital | |
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NHS Lothian | |
Geography | |
Location | Edinburgh, Scotland. |
Coordinates | 55°55′39″N 3°12′56″W / 55.9274°N 3.2155°W |
Organisation | |
Type | Psychiatric hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1809 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Other links | List of hospitals in Scotland |
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian.[1]
History
The "foundational myth" has it that the hospital was founded by Dr
The asylum originally consisted of a building called East House which accepted only paying patients, but a second building called West House, designed by William Burn and commissioned to intended to accommodate poorer patients, opened in 1842.[7] The inmates of Edinburgh's bedlam were later admitted in 1844.[8]
The asylum's first Physician Superintendent Dr William MacKinnon, who took up the post in 1840,
The hospital joined the
A modern hospital on the same site was procured under the Scottish government's non-profit distributing model in January 2015.[14][15] The first phase of the new hospital was built by Morrison Construction at a cost of £45 million and completed in January 2017.[16]
Pinel Memorial
The Pinel Memorial was erected in 1926 to commemorate the centenary of the death of
Notable Staff
Notable staff have included:
- David Skae was appointed as the Physician Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum in 1846, and he held this title until 1872.[18]
- Sir Thomas Clouston succeeded David Skae as Physician Superintendent in 1873 and remained in post until 1908.[19][20]
- Sir FRSE was Deputy Commissioner from 1870 to 1879 and as Commissioner from 1879 to 1899.[20]
- Dr Campbell Clark was assistant to Clouston before leaving to head the newly built Hartwood Hospital.[21]
References
- ^ "Royal Edinburgh Hospital". NHS Lothian. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Royal Edinburgh Hospital History". www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018. The story has been contested by a number of modern scholars - see e.g. Barfoot, Michael. "Contested Charity: Andrew Duncan and the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, 1792-1828". (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Archives, DEP/BAM/2.)
- ^ LHSA. "Royal charter of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital". www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ LHSA. "Royal Edinburgh Hospital collection summary". www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.5 p.39
- ^ "Our Organisation: About Us: Our History: Royal Edinburgh Hospital History". www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. NHS Lothian. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b c LHSA. "Royal Edinburgh Hospital history". www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ a b NHS Lothian (July 2010). "The Royal Edinburgh Hospital: A guide for patients, relatives and carers" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Minutes of the Managers of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, 29 January 1840 (LHS Archives, LBH 7.1.2)
- ^ Minutes of the Managers of the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, 5 February 1841 (LHS Archives, LBH 7.1.2)
- ^ "Royal Edinburgh Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Abraham". Ronald Rae. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Rivers Centre" (PDF). NHS Lothian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Galliford Try closes on £45m Edinburgh hospital". Building. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon hails £400m hospital fund". BBC News. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "NHS Lothian gets keys to Royal Edinburgh Hospital". Building Better Healthcare. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "View of Philippe Pinel Memorial, in grounds of Royal Edinburgh Hospital (1226031)". Canmore. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- PMID 19876510.
- ^ Bewley, Thomas. "Online archive 9: Thomas Smith Clouston (1840-1915)" (PDF). Royal College of Psychiatrists. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ Obituary of Campbell Clark, BMJ, 14 December 1901