Belhaven Hospital

Community hospital in Beveridge Row, Dunbar, East Lothian

Hospital in East Lothian, Scotland

Belhaven Hospital is a community hospital in Beveridge Row, Dunbar, East Lothian. The hospital is managed by NHS Lothian.^[1]

History

The hospital was designed by Sydney Mitchell and George Wilson and built as an infectious diseases facility between 1903 and 1904.^[2] An emergency operating theatre was added during the Second World War and the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.^[2] In January 2018 the hospital board announced that ward 2 would be closed for clinical use.^[3]

Services

The hospital provides continuing care and GP beds for the frail and elderly.^[4]

References

1. "Belhaven Hospital". NHS Lothian. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. "Belhaven Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
3. "Ward Two to move as major changes are made at Belhaven Hospital". East Lothian Courier. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
4. "East Lothian CHP Services". NHS Lothian. Retrieved 15 January 2018.