Tippethill House Hospital

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Tippethill House Hospital
NHS Lothian
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Shown in West Lothian
Geography
Location Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland
Coordinates 55°52′35″N3°41′15″W / 55.87639°N 3.68750°W / 55.87639; -3.68750
Organisation
Care system NHS
Funding Public hospital
Type Community hospital
History
Opened1901
Links
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Tippethill House Hospital is a community hospital in Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. It is operated by NHS Lothian. [1]

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History

The facility has its origins in the Tippethill Hospital which opened as an infectious diseases hospital in 1901. [2] It was expanded by the addition of two new blocks in 1937. [3] A new hospital, which was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 1999, was built at a cost of £2.3 million and opened in 2001. [4]

Services

The hospital is a 60-bed hospital specialising in short term and respite care: it is split into two wards: Bailie Wing specialising in medical care and respite, and Rosebery Wing which deals with mental health care. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tippethill Hospital". NHS Lothian. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tippethill Hospital". Davie Kerr Heritage Walk. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tippethill Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Deacon opens 60 bed hospital and sensory resource unit in West Lothian". Scottish Government. 28 March 2001. Retrieved 12 July 2014.


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