Editing West Lothian (section)

====Health====
Public healthcare in West Lothian is administered by [[NHS Lothian]] within [[NHS Scotland]].

The main hospital for West Lothian is [[St John's Hospital, Livingston|St John's Hospital]] in Livingston. The hospital has a dedicated [[Accident and Emergency]] department with 550 beds and opened in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/collections/LHB64/lhb64_tlfa.htm |title=LHB64 St John's Hospital |access-date=26 November 2020 |publisher=Lothian Health Services Archive}}</ref><ref name="RIERAD">{{cite web|url=http://www.rierad.scot.nhs.uk/stjohns.pdf |title=St John's Hospital Livingston |access-date=1 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715133748/http://www.rierad.scot.nhs.uk/stjohns.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2007}}</ref> St Johns is a [[teaching hospital]] for the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]].<ref name="St Johns">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/StJohnsHospital/Pages/default.aspx |title=St John's Hospital at Howden |publisher=[[NHS Lothian]] |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> Other public hospitals include [[Tippethill House Hospital]] a [[community hospital]] in [[Armadale, West Lothian|Armadale]] and [[St Michael's Hospital, Linlithgow|St Michael's Hospital]], a [[community hospital]] in [[Linlithgow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/Pages/StMichaelsHospital.aspx |title=St Michaels Hospital |publisher=[[NHS Lothian]] |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/Pages/TippethillHospital.aspx| title=Tippethill Hospital |publisher=[[NHS Lothian]]  |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

West Lothian previously had a psychiatric hospital with general hospital in the [[Dechmont]] area called [[Bangour Village Hospital]].<ref name=Bangour1>{{Canmore |num=77518 |desc=Dechmont, Bangour Village Hospital, Hospital Block |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> The hospital opened in 1904 and eventually had beds for 55 officers and 2571 other ranks.<ref name=Bangour1/> The hospital started closing in the 1990s and closed completely in 2004 after the remaining services were transferred to St John's Hospital.<ref name=Bangour1/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/catalog/records/lhsab001/lhb40x.html |title=Bangour General Hospital |access-date=1 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071109120800/http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/catalog/records/lhsab001/lhb40x.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 9 November 2007}}</ref>

The [[Linburn Centre]] is a health centre for blinded war veterans at [[Wilkieston]].<ref name=Linburn>{{cite web |url=https://sightscotland.org.uk/veterans/how-we-can-help/our-centres/linburn-centre| title=Linburn Centre |publisher=Scottish War Blinded |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> The centre is located within the estate of Linburn House, a country house which was demolished in 1955.<ref name=oldlinburnhouse>{{Canmore |num=200657 |desc=Wilkieston, Old Linburn House |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>