Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow

Reference HB 24
Dates of Creation 1878-1996
Name of Creator Leverndale Hospital, formerly known as Hawkhead Asylum (psychiatric hospital : 1895- : Glasgow)
Language of Material English
Physical Description 17 metres

Scope and Content

Minutes, 1878-1968;
Miscellaneous, 1883-1996;
Annual reports, 1905-1916;
Registers, 1895-1969;
Case notes, 1895-1962;
Maps and plans, 1893-1993;
Medical superintendent's papers, 1895-1930;
General Board of Lunacy annual statutory certificates, 1896-1940;
Patient indexes, 1895-1962;
Patient statistics, 1896-1995;
Official publications, 1905-1984.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Govan District Asylum at Hawkhead was built for the Govan District Lunacy Board and opened in 1895. The hospital had a capacity of 400 patients in 1895 and 520 by 1908. There was also a Govan Parochial Asylum located at the Merryflats (Southern General Hospital) site: this functioned as a reception and assessment unit for Hawkhead. Hawkhead became a Glasgow Corporation hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service in 1948. It had its own Board of Management until 1968, was governed by the Board of Management for Glasgow Victoria and Leverndale Hospitals between 1968 and 1974 and from 1974 was placed in the South Eastern District of the Greater Glasgow Health Board. Leverndale Hospital became the responsibility of the Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health NHS Trust in 1993 and this trust was subsequently absorbed into the Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust. The name Leverndale was adopted in place of Hawkhead in 1964. In the early 1970s a 120 bed psycho-geriatric unit was built at Leverndale. During the 1980s and 1990s the original asylum buildings were taken out of use and the hospital was re-configured around newer buildings occupying only part of the original site.

Arrangement
Arranged into record series.

Conditions Governing Access
Because of the sensitive nature of much of the information contained in these records there is a 75 year closure period on all patient records. There is a 100 year closure period on records of minors.

Appraisal Information
Appraised according to standard procedures.

Accruals
Expected.

Related Material
HB 17, Records of Southern General Hospital;
HB 28, Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow;
HB 55, Records of Greater Glasgow Health Board
HB 106 Records of Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust

Bibliography
Leverndale Hospital 100 years (Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, Glasgow, 1998)