About LHSA

Mission Statement

Lothian Health Services Archive holds the historically important local records of NHS hospitals and other health-related material. We collect, preserve and catalogue these records and promote them to increase understanding of the history of health and for the benefit of all.

 

 

Advert for uniform, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Pelican Journal, LHSA Ref: LHB1/109A/44Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Pageant Programme, LHSA Ref: LHB1/37/1/2Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children appeal poster, LHSA Ref: LHB5A/8/2/i

Image showing an advert for nurses uniforms from the workwear store, Hewats Edinburgh. It includes two sketched drawings of nurses in uniform.

Image shows the front cover of a programme for the Royal Infirmary Pageant held on the 15 May 1937 in honour of the Coronation of King George VI. It includes a drawing of an armoured male riding a horse.

Image shows a fundraising poster for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children, also known as The Sick Kids. It includes a drawing of a child in red and white striped pyjamas who is writing the word help in red.