East Lothian Community Hospital

East Lothian Community Hospital
NHS Lothian
The old Roodlands General Hospital
Shown in East Lothian
Geography
Location	East Lothian, Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′25″N 2°47′52″W
Organisation
Care system	NHS Scotland
Type	General Hospital
Services
Emergency department	No
Links
Website	www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/Pages/RoodlandsGeneralHospital.aspx
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

East Lothian Community Hospital is a hospital located on Station Road, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. The hospital is operated by NHS Lothian.[1]

History

The Roodlands General Hospital was built as an infectious diseases hospital for the local area and opened around 1906.[2] It became the County Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Roodlands General Hospital in 1948.[3]

A major redevelopment of the site to create a modern community hospital, known as East Lothian Community Hospital, was undertaken by Morrison Construction at a cost of £70 million, starting in January 2017.[4] The new East Lothian Community Hospital opened in October 2020.[5]

References

1. "Roodlands General Hospital". NHS Lothian. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
2. "Roodlands General Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
3. "Roodlands General Hospital". Lothian Health Service Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
4. "Construction begins at £70m East Lothian Community Hospital". Scottish Construction Now. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
5. "New community hospital opened its doors in East Lothian". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.