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 | |
| Location | Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56°58′10″N 2°13′45″W / 56.96944°N 2.22917°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Community |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Minor injuries unit |
| History | |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
History
editThe 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
editThere 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
edit- ^ "Details: Arduthie Hospital, Stonehaven". National Archives. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Stonehaven, Auchenblae Road, Arduthie Hospital". Canmore. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Aberdeenshire". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Kincardine Community Hospital - Stonehaven". NHS Grampian. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "New dialysis centre expected to open in spring". Evening Express. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Know who to turn to: Local minor injury units". NHS Grampian. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Befriending project helps older people after discharge". Kincardineshire Observer. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.