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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Associated Hospitals Board of Management was set up as a result of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. VI, c.27). Five Regional Hospital Boards were established to administer Scottish hospitals and under them were eighty-five local Hospital Boards of Management. Boards of Management dealt with the day-to-day running of a group of hospitals within their area. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Associated Hospitals Board of Management was under the control of the South Eastern Regional Hospital Board and operated until the reorganisation of the NHS in 1974. The following hospitals were included: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Queen Mary Maternity Home, Corstorphine Hospital, Beechmount Hospital, Chalmers Hospital (from 1970), Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School, Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion (from 1969, incorporating Orthoptic Clinic, School Eye Service and Artificial Eye Fitting Centre, Cambridge Street), Hearing Aid Centre, Cambridge Street, Seamen?s Dispensary, Leith, and Child Welfare Clinic, Windsor Street. The Board became the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Associated Hospitals Unit, and subsequently the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh National Health Service Trust Hospital.
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