Edinburgh Healthcare trust is investing £1m in setting up a 16-bed nursing home in the grounds of Corstorphine Hospital. It will be run and staffed by the NHS and will provide accommodation for people with learning disabilities who are moving out of Gogarburn Hospital, which is due to close in March 1999.
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