Glen o' Dee Hospital | |
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NHS Grampian | |
Geography | |
Location | Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°3′40″N2°31′11″W / 57.06111°N 2.51972°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Community |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
History | |
Opened | 1900 |
Links | |
Website | NHS Grampian - Glen o' Dee Hospital - Banchory |
Lists | Hospitals in Scotland |
Glen o' Dee Hospital is situated in the west end of Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a small community hospital that provides services for the population of Royal Deeside supported by local GPs. It is managed by NHS Grampian.
The original building was commissioned as a sanctuary for tuberculosis patients [1] and opened as Nordrach on Dee Hospital [2] in 1900. [3]
When tuberculosis died down it served as a luxury hotel (when it became "Glen o' Dee"), but was taken over during the Second World War to serve as a billet for troops. [4] In 1955 it became a convalescent hospital. [5] It reprised its role in contagious diseases when a typhoid epidemic hit nearby Aberdeen in the 1960s, but its last use was as a residential home for the elderly before it closed in 1998. [4]
The original building was featured on the BBC's Restoration programme and, although local people compaigned to have it restored, it continued to sit empty and deteriorating. [6] The building was badly damaged by fire on 14 October 2016 with police treating the incident as wilful fire-raising. [4]
On 14 November 1989 it became a Category A listed building; on 25 November 2016 it was delisted. [7]
A small modern community hospital staffed by GPs now operates on the site. [8] A befriending service was established at the community 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. [9]
Robert Young Keers FRSE was Superintendent of the facility from around 1950 to 1957. [10]
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