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Details
Previous Names
Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum (1813 - ?)
Royal Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum (? - c.1840)
Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane (c.1840 - c.1844)
Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders (1922)
Address
Morningside Place, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF
Current Trust
Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust (since 1999)
Foundation Year
1813
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
South Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Edinburgh and Associated Hospitals
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Scotland
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Scotland
District Authority (1974-1982)
South Lothian
District Authority (Post-1982)
Lothian
Pre-1974 County
Midlothian
Post-1974 County
Lothian
Post-1996 County
Lothian
Status
Pre-1948
Private
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Mental, Other
Post-1948
Mental, Other
Other information
By arrangement with the City it took Poorhouse Insane pre-1930.
Began with paying patients
1842 - pauper patients
1844 - Bedlam patients
1894 - Craig House opened - 1972 - Thomas Clouston Clinic
1929 - Jordanburn Nerve Hospital
1931 - Children's Clinic
1965 - Andrew Duncan Clinic
1968 - Young People's Unit
Alcohol Problems Unit
1982 - Jardine Clinic