# Forfar Infirmary

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{{Infobox hospital
| name                = Forfar Infirmary
| org_group           = [NHS Tayside](/source/NHS_Tayside)
| image               = Forfar Infirmary - geograph.org.uk - 113492.jpg
| caption             = Forfar Infirmary
| logo                = 
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| location            = Arbroath Road, [Forfar](/source/Forfar)
| region              = 
| state               = 
| country             = Scotland
| healthcare          = [NHS Scotland](/source/NHS_Scotland)
| type                = General
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| 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](/source/Forfar), [Angus](/source/Angus%2C_Scotland), Scotland. It was managed by [NHS Tayside](/source/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](/source/National_Health_Service) in 1948.<ref name=hh/> After services had transferred to [Whitehills Hospital](/source/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

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