NHS Borders

NHS Borders


Made foundation	2004 (2004)
Headquarters	Newstead, Melrose
Region served	Scottish Borders
Area size	4,732 square kilometres
Population	110,200
Type	NHS board
Hospitals	List
Website	www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk

NHS Borders is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Scottish Borders area. NHS Borders is headquartered in Melrose.

In February 2015 it announced a review of its services. A petition against any move to shut hospital sites in Peebles, Duns, Hawick and Kelso gathered more than 4,000 signatures of support though no proposals to close any have yet appeared.^[1]

Hospitals

Borders General Hospital, Melrose
Hawick Community Hospital
Hay Lodge Hospital, Peebles
Kelso Hospital
Knoll Hospital, Duns

References

↑ "No 'hidden agenda' in NHS Borders health review". BBC News. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

External links

NHS Borders

NHS Scotland health boards

Regional health boards	Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow and Clyde Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles

Special health boards	The National Waiting Times Centre Board Healthcare Improvement Scotland NHS 24 NHS Education for Scotland NHS Health Scotland NHS National Services Scotland Scottish Ambulance Service State Hospitals Board for Scotland

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