Bilbohall Hospital
| Bilbohall Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Surviving lodge to the Bilbohall Hospital (the hospital was demolished in the late 1990s) | |
  Shown in Moray | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Elgin, Moray, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°38′43″N 3°19′59″W / 57.64537°N 3.33300°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Scotland |
| Type | Psychiatric hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1835 |
| Closed | 1995 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Bilbohall Hospital was a mental health facility located to the west of Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, Scotland.
History
[edit]The hospital, which was designed by Archibald Simpson, opened as the Elgin District Asylum in 1835.[1][2] It was extended by A & W Reid in the 1860s and a third storey was added in the 1880s.[1] It became the Morayshire Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Bilbohall Hospital in 1948.[3] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in April 1995.[4][5] The buildings were demolished in the late 1990s.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bilbohall Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Institution Information - Elgin Asylum". Scottish Indexes. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Bilbohall Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Don't close our mental health unit!". Northern Scot. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "NHS Hospitals Closed from mid 1970s to 1998". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
