Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital
| Org/Group = NHS Lothian
| Image =Former Elsie Inglis Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh.jpg
| Caption =Former Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital
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| Region = Edinburgh
| Country = Scotland
| HealthCare = NHS Scotland
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| Emergency = No
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| Founded = 1925
| Closed = 1988
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| map_type = Scotland Edinburgh
| map_caption = Shown in Edinburgh
| coordinates ={{coord|55|57|17|N|3|9|56|W|display=inline,title}}
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The Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital was a maternity hospital in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Scotland.{{Cite web |title=The National Archives {{!}} Search the archives {{!}} Hospital Records{{!}} Details |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=871&page=20 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=www.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}{{Cite web |title=EH8 8HT - Check My Postcode |url=https://checkmypostcode.uk/eh88ht |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=checkmypostcode.uk}}
History
The hospital was established with surplus funds arising from disbandment of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, an organisation which had been formed by Elsie Inglis and which had sent hospital units to France, Serbia, Russia, Corsica and Greece during the First World War.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/exhibits/hosp_hist/elsie.htm|title=Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital|publisher=Lothian Health Service Archive|access-date=27 January 2019}} The 20-bed hospital opened in July 1925.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/elsie-inglis|title=Elsie Inglis|publisher=Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|access-date=27 January 2019}} The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was directly managed by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. After services transferred to the Eastern General Hospital, despite public protests about the proposed closure, the facility closed in 1988. Following assurances that another maternity unit in the city would be named after Inglis, one journalist suggested renaming the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People after her.{{Cite web|title=Scottish doctor found first human coronavirus case in 1960s|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18458272.scottish-doctor-found-first-human-coronavirus-case-1960s/|website=The National|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020}}
The original maternity facility subsequently re-opened as a private nursing home and nursery, but following an investigation into the death of a 59-year-old woman, it closed again in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-13573081|title=Elsie Inglis Nursing Home in Edinburgh closes down|date=27 May 2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=27 January 2019}} The building was converted and the site is now occupied by residential properties.{{cite web|url=https://www.poppyscotland.org.uk/get-involved/mailing-campaigns/newsletter-merchandise-brochure/unforgettable-stories-autumn-2018/caring-from-the-home-front-to-the-front-line/|title=Caring from the home front to the front line|publisher=Poppy Scotland|date=28 September 2018|accessdate=20 May 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022035838/https://www.poppyscotland.org.uk/get-involved/mailing-campaigns/newsletter-merchandise-brochure/unforgettable-stories-autumn-2018/caring-from-the-home-front-to-the-front-line|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1925
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Category:Listed hospital buildings in Scotland
Category:Listed monuments and memorials in Scotland
Category:Maternity hospitals in the United Kingdom