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Hospital

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Last updated 20 March 2000.

Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names: Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children (1860 - 1863)
Address: 9 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF
Previous Locations: 7 Lauriston Lane, Edinburgh (1860 - 1863); Meadownside House, Lauriston Lane (1863 - 1895)
Current Trust: Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1999)
Previous Trusts: Edinburgh Sick Children's
Foundation Year: 1860
Status: Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974): South Eastern
Management Committee (1948-1974): Edinburgh Central 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: Voluntary
Post-1948: NHS

Type

Pre-1948: Children
Post-1948: Other
Post-1948 information: OTHER: Children.

Other information

None

Record locations

Lothian Health Services Archive

Record types

Administrative

1859 - 1992

General

1859 - 1992

Finance

1859 - 1951

Estates

1861 - 1958

Nursing

1887 - 1982

Staff

1876 - 1982

Admission

1860 - 1954

Clinical

1860 - 2001

Ephemera

1859 - 1969

Finding aids

Finding aids

Brief guide (BG), Catalogue

Location

At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)

LHB5/5A; Acc 09/005 pathology records 1870-2001