Ellen's Glen House

Ellen's Glen House
NHS Lothian
Ellen's Glen House
Geography
Location Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates Coordinates: 55°54′34″N 3°08′59″W / 55.90944°N 3.14972°W / 55.90944; -3.14972
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Community
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Helipad No
Beds 60
History
Founded November 1999
Links
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Ellen's Glen House is a Community Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is operated by NHS Lothian.[1] It is situated in Liberton, Edinburgh.

Ellen's Glen House is a two floor building with extensive accessible gardens.[2] It has 60 staffed beds.[3] The Ground Floor is a REAS unit for long term psychiatric care. The first floor is a palliative care medicine of the elderly unit.

Ellen's Glen House specialises in long term palliative and psychiatric care.

It opened in November 1999. It was the second NHS facility in Lothian that had been provided through the PFI route.[2] It was built to replace the facilities of Southfield hospital.[4]

References

  1. "Ellen's Glen House". NHS Lothian. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Ellen's Glen House Celebrates a Decade of Care". NHS Lothian. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. "Ellen Glen's celebrates ten years' service". The Scotsman. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. "PFI Data sheet: Ellen's Glen House" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
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