NHS Borders
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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
.
NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland is the publicly funded healthcare system of Scotland. Although they are separate bodies the organisational separation between NHS Scotland and the other three healthcare organisations each commonly called the National Health Service in the United Kingdom tends to be hidden from its...
. It provides healthcare services in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
area. NHS Borders is headquartered in Melrose
Melrose, Scotland
Melrose is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.-Etymology:...
.
Hospitals
- Borders General HospitalBorders General HospitalThe Borders General Hospital is a hospital, operated since 1988 by NHS Scotland, situated on the outskirts of the town of Melrose, Scotland. The hospital created over 1000 jobs in the Borders and has a bed capacity of 328. It offers a wide range of treatments, the BGH has an Accident and Emergency...
, MelroseMelrose, ScotlandMelrose is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.-Etymology:... - Coldstream Cottage Hospital
- Hawick Community Hospital
- Hay Lodge Hospital, PeeblesPeeblesPeebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 8,159.-History:...
- Kelso Hospital
- Knoll Hospital, DunsDunsDuns is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.-Early history:Duns law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit...
- Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital, JedburghJedburghJedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...