Albyn Hospital

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Albyn Hospital
BMI Healthcare
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The front car park and granite buildings of Albyn Hospital at night
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Shown in Aberdeen
Geography
Location21-24 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates 57°08′33″N2°07′14″W / 57.1424°N 2.1206°W / 57.1424; -2.1206 Coordinates: 57°08′33″N2°07′14″W / 57.1424°N 2.1206°W / 57.1424; -2.1206
Organisation
Care system Private
Hospital type Acute Surgical and Medical
Services
Emergency department No
Beds30
History
FoundedEarly 1950s
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Albyn Hospital is a private hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is situated on Albyn Place, and is managed by BMI Healthcare.

Private healthcare or private medicine is healthcare and medicine provided by entities other than the government.

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History

The buildings in which the hospital is located were built as villas in the 1830s. [1] The St John Nursing Home was established in the buildings by members of the Order of St John in the early 1950s. [2] St John's Spring was moved there from Skene Row at Hardweird in 1955 [3] and the Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Association was established in a garage in the grounds of the buildings in 1964. [4]

Order of Saint John (chartered 1888) British royal order of chivalry constituted in 1888

The Order of St John, formally the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of chivalry first constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria.

The hospital was acquired by BMI Healthcare in August 1995. [5] After a Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspection in 2014 the hospital was told to upgrade its clinical hand wash basins and to ensure that staff understood how to clean up spillages of body fluids. [6]

Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) is the national healthcare improvement organisation for Scotland. It is a public body which is part of the Scottish National Health Service, created in April 2011.

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References

  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "22 and 23 Albyn Place, Albyn Hospital, including boundary walls (LB20118)" . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. "Obituary: Georgina Scott Sutherland D St J, philanthropist". The Scotsman. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. Historic Environment Scotland. "24 Albyn Place, St John's Well (LB20054)" . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "Pioneering Aberdeen" (PDF). InFocus Summer 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. "Annual Report 1996". Albyn Hospital. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. "Albyn Hospital in Aberdeen told to make improvements". BBC News. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.