Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow, Scotland 1947-1974

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Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow, Scotland 1947-1974

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archive

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Western Regional Hospital Board

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Western Infirmary (administrative body: 1948-1974: Glasgow, Scotland)

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The Western Regional Hospital Board [WRHB] was the largest of the five Scottish regional boards set up under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act of 1947. From 5 July 1948 the WRHB was responsible for all NHS hospital services in the City of Glasgow and the counties of Argyll, Ayr, Clackmannan, Dumfries, Dunbarton, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Renfrew, Stirling and Wigton - an area containing half of the population of Scotland. It took over the buildings, staff and assets of what ha...