The NHS in LothianNHS Lothian (2001-2010)Records of NHS Lothian (2001-2009) In 2001, the organisation was re-named ‘NHS Lothian’ and a new board, Lothian NHS Board (a unified board) was created. NHS Lothian consisted of: Lothian University Hospitals Trust (LUHT), West Lothian Hospitals Trust (WLHT), Lothian Primary Care Trust (LPCT)and the new Lothian NHS Board. In March 2003, the NHS white paper ‘Partnership for Care’ was published. This recommended the dissolution of NHS trusts and a move to a single system with decision making taken at local level. Contracts were transferred from various trusts and boards to NHS Lothian. This resulted in the dissolution of the trusts; on 1 January 2004, LUHT dissolved to become an operating division of Lothian NHS Board, known as NHS Lothian – University Hospitals Division. On 1 April 2004 WLHT and LPCT were also dissolved to become operating divisions of Lothian NHS Board, known as West Lothian Healthcare Division and NHS Lothian – Primary Care Division respectively. In March 2005, it was decided that the operating divisions would cease (with the exception of UHD) with the introduction of a single system. In April 2005, Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) were introduced with responsibility for primary and community health services. There were initially five of them:
In April 2007 North and South Edinburgh CHPs were merged to form Edinburgh CHP. In 2010, NHS Lothian incorporated three principal health organisations: [Where text appears in blue, this is a link to a collection of records held by LHSA.]
In 2010, NHS Lothian's headquarters moved from Deaconess House at the Pleasance, to Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place.
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