Forfar Infirmary | |
Org/Group: | NHS Tayside |
Location: | Arbroath Road, Forfar |
Country: | Scotland |
Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
Type: | General |
Founded: | 1862 |
Closed: | 2005 |
Coordinates: | 56.6455°N -2.876°W |
Map Type: | Scotland Angus |
Forfar Infirmary was a health facility in Arbroath Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Tayside.
The facility had its origins in the Forfar Poorhouse which was completed in June 1861.[1] The infirmary, which was designed to serve the local community as well as the poorhouse, opened on a nearby site in July 1862.[2] [3] Two wings were added in 1922 and a nurses' home was built in 1927 before it joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] After services had transferred to Whitehills Hospital, Forfar Infirmary closed in 2005 and the buildings were subsequently demolished.[2] [4]