Identity area
Reference code
THB 9
Title
Dundee General Hospitals Board of Management
Date(s)
- 1948-1984 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1.16 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dundee General Hospitals Board of Management was established in 1948 as the body of the National Health Service responsible for running the Dundee Royal Infirmary, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Armistead Convalescent Home, The Bughties, the Constitution Road Clinic, the Deafness Clinic, the Eye Institution, the Infant Hospital, the Orthopaedic and Rheumatic Clinic, the Gerard Cottage Hospital, Kings Cross Hospital, Maryfield Hospital, the Sidlaw Hospital and the Dundee Women's Hospital as well as the Mobile Mass Radiography Unit and the Special Appliance clinic. The first new hospital to be inaugurated under the control of the Board of Management was Ninewells Hospital, which was offically opened in 1974.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Minutes 1948-1971, accounts 1948-1972, Ninewells hospital commissioning 1973-1975, civil defence papers 1939-1966, Tayside Health Board Annual Statistical Reports 1949 - 1984, Scrapbooks 1948-1966, Costing Returns 1963-1967, Constitution Road Clinic, Dundee 1950-1963, Ashludie Hospital Rehabilitation Unit, Monifieth 19 June 1969, Legal Documents 1950-1962.
Accruals
Not expected
System of arrangement
Usually chronological within series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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.
Conditions governing reproduction
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.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The records are on paper.
Finding aids
Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.
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Existence and location of copies
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Description control area
Description identifier
THB 9
Rules and/or conventions used
Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Status
Catalogued
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English