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The building, which was designed by Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall, formed part of the first phase of the intended re-development of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [a] and was built between 1976 [2] and 1981. [3] The Edinburgh Dental Institute moved to the building from Chambers Street in 1997. [3]
The infirmary received a Royal Charter from George II in 1736 which gave it its name of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [12] and commissioned William Adam to design a new hospital on a site close by to the original building, on what later became Infirmary Street. In 1741 the hospital moved the short distance to the not yet completed building ...
In 1834 a separate Eye Infirmary was founded. Departments for Ear, Nose and Throat were subsequently added in 1883 to form the Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1922 the Infirmary and Dispensary amalgamated to combined premises on Cambridge Street. [2] In 1853 a new surgical hospital was built between the Royal Infirmary of ...
It was the first Community Treatment Centre of its kind in Scotland and provides services to children and adults living in the North East of Edinburgh and Leith. Consultants from Edinburgh hospitals such as the Western General, the Royal Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children attend the centre regularly. Patients are referred here ...
The Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP) has responsibilities around delivering community health services and also addressing inequalities in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian. [ 4 ] When the CHPs were established in 2005 they provided a single management structure, taking over control of community services which were transferred under their ...
The first dedicated transfusion service in Scotland was formed at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the 1930s. [2] The Edinburgh Blood Transfusion Service (EBTS) was established in 1936 with Jack Copland as Organiser and Helen White as Secretary. [3] Helen White took over as Organiser in 1940 when Copland moved into a national role.
Quartermile mixes old and new construction. The former site of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh was sold in 2001 by Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust (subsequently NHS Lothian), whereupon Foster and Partners were retained as the architects for new structures [2] whilst plans for the David Bryce-designed former hospital buildings were devised by Comprehensive Design Architects (CDA).
The hospital served as a base for the neurology and neurosurgery centre for south east Scotland ("Department of Clinical Neurosciences") [19] until the department moved to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at Little France in 2020. [20] There is a major national cancer research and treatment centre at the hospital which was refurbished in 2007. [21]