II NNSS
TTII TT
UUTT
II OONN
AALL
RREE
CCOO
RRDD
SS
Th
e in
stit
uti
on
al r
eco
rds
(LH
B s
erie
s) a
re p
ub
lic
reco
rds
wh
ich
hav
e b
een
tr
ansf
erre
d f
rom
th
e N
HS
an
d d
ate
fro
m 1
690
to t
he
pre
sen
t d
ay. T
hey
co
ver
mo
st o
f th
e h
osp
ital
s in
Lo
thia
n,
incl
ud
ing
th
e R
oy
al
Infi
rmar
y o
f E
din
bu
rgh
, S
cotl
and
’s f
irst
ho
spit
al
for
the
sick
po
or
(172
9).
A n
um
ber
of
NH
S a
dm
inis
trat
ive
org
anis
atio
ns
are
also
rep
rese
nte
d, i
ncl
ud
ing
Lo
thia
n N
HS
B
oar
d a
nd
its
pre
dec
esso
r b
od
ies,
bo
ard
s o
f m
anag
emen
t, u
nit
s an
d t
rust
s. T
hes
e co
llec
tio
ns
con
tain
mat
eria
l su
ch a
s m
inu
tes,
ad
min
istr
ativ
e fi
les
and
fin
ance
rec
ord
s, a
s w
ell
as b
ou
nd
pat
ien
t re
gis
ters
of
adm
issi
on
s,
dis
char
ges
an
d d
eath
s, a
nd
war
d jo
urn
als.
GGII FF
TTSS
AANN
DD DD
EEPP
OOSS
II TTSS
Th
e G
D s
erie
s in
clu
des
p
erso
nal
pap
ers
and
no
n-
NH
S o
rgan
isat
ion
al
reco
rds,
wh
ich
co
mp
lem
ent
the
LH
Bs.
T
hey
in
clu
de
imp
ort
ant
coll
ecti
on
s re
lati
ng
to
HIV
an
d A
IDS
in
E
din
bu
rgh
, an
d a
lso
co
rres
po
nd
ence
, no
tes,
re
sear
ch a
nd
pri
vat
e p
aper
s o
f se
ver
al e
min
ent
fig
ure
s in
Sco
ttis
h m
edic
ine.
CC
AASS
EE NN
OOTT
EESS
LH
SA
ho
lds
a la
rge
his
tori
call
y i
mp
ort
ant
sam
ple
of
twen
tiet
h-c
entu
ry f
old
er-b
ased
cl
inic
al c
ase
no
tes,
mo
stly
fro
m t
he
Ro
yal
In
firm
ary
of
Ed
inb
urg
h. I
t co
ver
s sp
ecia
ltie
s su
ch a
s n
euro
surg
ery
, gy
nae
colo
gy
, psy
chia
try
an
d o
rth
op
aed
ics,
as
wel
l as
gen
eral
med
icin
e an
d s
urg
ery
. Fo
r m
ore
in
form
atio
n s
ee
ww
w.c
lin
icaln
ote
s.a
c.u
k.
PPHH
OOTT
OOGG
RRAA
PPHH
SS
A s
ub
stan
tial
co
llec
tio
n
has
bee
n a
ccru
ed,
com
pri
sin
g p
rin
ts, s
lid
es,
gla
ss p
late
neg
ativ
es a
nd
d
igit
al i
mag
es. T
hes
e a
re a
ri
ch r
eso
urc
e, i
llu
stra
tin
g
man
y a
spec
ts o
f th
e d
evel
op
men
t o
f m
edic
ine
and
ho
spit
als
fro
m t
he
mid
-nin
etee
nth
cen
tury
. OO
BBJJ EE
CCTT
SS
Th
is c
oll
ecti
on
ha
s g
row
n
sig
nif
ican
tly
in
rec
ent
yea
rs.
As
wel
l as
a r
ang
e o
f h
isto
rica
l m
edic
al
inst
rum
ents
, it
incl
ud
es
ho
spit
al p
laq
ues
, med
als
and
bad
ges
, sil
ver
war
e,
wo
rks
of
art,
an
d a
sel
ecti
on
o
f te
xti
les.
UUSS
EE OO
FF TT
HHEE
AARR
CCHH
II VVEE
LH
SA
aim
s to
pro
mo
te a
cces
s in
ord
er t
o
incr
ease
aw
aren
ess
of
the
his
tory
an
d
trad
itio
ns
of
hea
lth
car
e in
Ed
inb
urg
h, L
oth
ian
an
d S
cotl
and
. Sta
ff r
esp
on
d t
o e
nq
uir
ies
fro
m a
ra
ng
e o
f in
div
idu
als
and
in
stit
uti
on
s o
n a
w
orl
d-w
ide
bas
is. I
n a
dd
itio
n t
o i
ts u
ses
by
th
e N
HS
an
d g
enea
log
ical
en
qu
irie
s m
ade
by
th
e g
ener
al p
ub
lic,
LH
SA
su
pp
ort
s p
roje
ct-b
ased
re
sear
ch i
n t
he
his
tory
of
med
icin
e.
Th
e A
rch
ive
is h
eld
on
beh
alf
of
Lo
thia
n N
HS
B
oar
d a
nd
is
sub
ject
to
th
e F
reed
om
of
Info
rmat
ion
(S
cotl
and
) A
ct 2
002.
Per
son
al
info
rmat
ion
hel
d i
n p
atie
nt,
per
son
nel
an
d
trai
nin
g r
eco
rds
is c
ov
ered
by
Dat
a P
rote
ctio
n.
Mat
eria
l fr
om
th
e A
rch
ive
is a
vai
lab
le f
or
exh
ibit
ion
lo
an a
nd
, su
bje
ct t
o c
op
yri
gh
t,
imag
es m
ay b
e u
sed
in
pu
bli
cati
on
s. F
or
furt
her
in
form
atio
n r
egar
din
g c
on
dit
ion
s p
leas
e co
nta
ct t
he
Arc
hiv
e.
CC
OONN
SSEE
RRVV
AATT
II OONN
L
HS
A i
s co
mm
itte
d t
o e
nsu
rin
g t
he
on
go
ing
p
rese
rvat
ion
of
its
ho
ldin
gs.
Ex
amp
les
of
wo
rk
incl
ud
e en
vir
on
men
tal
mo
nit
ori
ng
of
the
rep
osi
tory
, bo
xin
g o
f lo
ose
fil
es a
nd
pap
ers,
cl
ean
ing
an
d r
epai
r o
f ar
chit
ectu
ral
pla
ns,
re
bin
din
g o
f re
gis
ters
, jo
urn
als
and
oth
er
vo
lum
es, r
epac
kag
ing
of
gla
ss p
late
neg
ativ
es,
and
reh
ou
sin
g t
he
ob
ject
co
llec
tio
n.
LH
SA
has
als
o
rece
ived
fu
nd
ing
fro
m
the
Wel
lco
me
Tru
st’s
R
esea
rch
Res
ou
rces
in
M
edic
al H
isto
ry
pro
gra
mm
e, t
o c
lean
an
d r
eho
use
tw
enti
eth
-cen
tury
cl
inic
al c
ase
no
tes,
p
rin
cip
ally
th
ose
of
emin
ent
un
iver
sity
p
rofe
sso
rs.
LLOO
TTHH
II AANN
HHEE
AALL
TTHH
SSEE
RRVV
II CCEE
SS
AARR
CCHH
II VVEE
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