Herdmanflat Hospital Explained

Herdmanflat Hospital
Org/Group:NHS Lothian
Coordinates:55.96°N -2.7867°W
Location:Haddington, Scotland
Healthcare:NHS
Founded:1866
Other Links:List of hospitals in Scotland
Map Type:Scotland East Lothian

Herdmanflat Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Aberlady Road, Haddington, Scotland. It was operated by NHS Lothian.[1]

History

The hospital was located at a site which was once known as Herdmanflat Farm.[2] The facility was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and opened as the East Lothian District Asylum in 1866.[3] [4] A dining hall was added in 1890 and several villas were added in 1908.[4] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3]

After the Garleton Unit at Herdmanflat Hospital had been upgraded at a cost of £250,000, mental health services transferred from Edenhall Hospital in Musselburgh. This created a "one-stop shop for older people's mental health services" for the whole of East Lothian at Herdmanflat Hospital.[5]

In 2014 NHS Lothian proposed creating a community hospital on the site of the old Roodlands General Hospital.[6] After all services moved to the new East Lothian Community Hospital, the Herdmanflat Hospital closed in 2020.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herdmanflat Hospital . . 1 June 2011 . 12 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Herdmanflat Hospital. Lothian Health Services Archive. 30 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Herdmanflat Hospital. National archives. 30 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Herdmanflat Hospital. Historic Hospitals. 30 December 2018.
  5. News: New £250k mental health unit at Herdmanflat . 23 December 2014 . East Lothian Courier . 20 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224002219/http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/haddington/articles/2011/10/20/418685-new-250k-mental-health-unit-at-herdmanflat-/ . 24 December 2014 . dmy-all .
  6. News: Late 2017 pencilled in for new community hospital. 23 December 2014. East Lothian Courier. 8 May 2014.
  7. Web site: 'Extra-care' housing plan for Haddington's Herdmanflat Hospital. 2 May 2019. East Lothian Courier. 14 September 2019.
  8. Web site: New community hospital opened its doors in East Lothian. Edinburgh Evening News. 5 October 2020. 11 May 2021.