{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Forfar Infirmary | org_group = NHS Tayside | image = Forfar Infirmary - geograph.org.uk - 113492.jpg | caption = Forfar Infirmary | logo = | logo_size = | location = Arbroath Road, Forfar | region = | state = | country = Scotland | healthcare = NHS Scotland | type = General | speciality = | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = | affiliation = | beds = | founded = 1862 | closed = 2005 | website = | other_links = <!-- optional --> | coordinates = {{coord|56.6455|-2.8760|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Scotland Angus | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Angus }}
'''Forfar Infirmary''' was a health facility in Arbroath Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Tayside.
==History== The facility had its origins in the Forfar Poorhouse which was completed in June 1861.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Forfar/|title=Forfar|publisher=Workhouses|accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref> The infirmary, which was designed to serve the local community as well as the poorhouse, opened on a nearby site in July 1862.<ref name=hh>{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/angus/|title=Forfar Infirmary|publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/master/detail.aspx?tab=main&refno=NO45SE0190|title=Forfar Infirmary|publisher=Aberdeenshire Council|accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref> Two wings were added in 1922 and a nurses' home was built in 1927 before it joined the National Health Service in 1948.<ref name=hh/> After services had transferred to Whitehills Hospital, Forfar Infirmary closed in 2005 and the buildings were subsequently demolished.<ref name=hh/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/287795/forfar-arbroath-road-forfar-infirmary|title=Forfar Infirmary|publisher=Canmore|accessdate=8 March 2020}}</ref>
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Category:Hospitals in Angus, Scotland Category:Defunct hospitals in Scotland Category:Hospitals established in 1862 Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1862 Category:1862 establishments in Scotland Category:NHS Tayside Category:Forfar