Eastern Regional Hospital Board

• Reference:GB 254 THB 18
• Dates of Creation:1948-1968
• Name of Creator:
  Eastern Regional Hospital Board
• Physical Description:
  0.27 linear metres

• Scope and Content

  Minutes 1949-1953; coat of arms 1948-1950; Pamphlets and Programmes 1963-1969; E.R.H.B. Magazine 1962-1964, 1966-1968; Lists of Members of Boards of Management 1947-1976.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Eastern Regional Hospital Board was established in July 1948 in response to the NHS (Scotland) Act. From headquarters in Dundee it managed hospital provisions in the counties of Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross. Its services were also used by the North and East Fife hospitals. Following reorganisation in the mid-1970s, it was replaced by the Tayside Health Board. The board consisted of three boards of management, each concerned with one or more hospitals grouped as to type and geographical region.

• Arrangement

  Records are arranged chronologically within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were deposited by a private depositor in 1987 (AccM/238), by the Tayside Health Board in 1995 (AccM/317) and by Dundee City Archives in 2000 (AccM/418).

• Note

  The Eastern Regional Hospital Board was established in July 1948 in response to the NHS (Scotland) Act. From headquarters in Dundee it managed hospital provisions in the counties of Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross. Its services were also used by the North and East Fife hospitals. Following reorganisation in the mid-1970s, it was replaced by the Tayside Health Board. The board consisted of three boards of management, each concerned with one or more hospitals grouped as to type and geographical region.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Unknown.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Related Material

  THB 19 Tayside Health Board

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  THB 18

• Subjects

  Health