Kincardine Community Hospital

Kincardine Community Hospital is a small hospital at Kirkton Road, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

Kincardine Community Hospital
NHS Grampian
Shown in Aberdeenshire
Geography
LocationStonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates56°58′10″N 2°13′45″W
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeCommunity
Services
Emergency departmentMinor injuries unit
History
Opened1998
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital has its origins in the Kincardineshire Joint Isolation Hospital which was designed by Brown & Watt and opened in August 1903.[1][2][3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and incorporated the James Mowat Nursing Home, which had been located in an adjacent private house, in 1961.[3]

In the mid-1990s, NHS Grampian decided to replace the hospital with a modern facility and the new community hospital was opened on the site in 1998.[4] A new renal unit was added in spring 2018.[5]

Services

There is a minor injuries department with a telemedicine link to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary's Accident and Emergency Unit.[6]

A befriending service was established at the hospital in 2013 matching older patients ready to be discharged, but lacking confidence to return home, with a volunteer befriender. The volunteers then visit the older patients regularly in hospital and at home after discharge, offering on-going emotional and practical support. Local GPs reported the service had improved the overall health and wellbeing of their patients and reduced the number of medically unnecessary GP visits.[7]

Footnotes
  1. "Details: Arduthie Hospital, Stonehaven". National Archives. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Stonehaven, Auchenblae Road, Arduthie Hospital". Canmore. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Aberdeenshire". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "Kincardine Community Hospital - Stonehaven". NHS Grampian. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. "New dialysis centre expected to open in spring". Evening Express. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. "Know who to turn to: Local minor injury units". NHS Grampian. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  7. "Befriending project helps older people after discharge". Kincardineshire Observer. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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