Ugie Hospital

Ugie Hospital
NHS Grampian
Shown in Aberdeenshire
Geography
Location	Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	57°30′55″N1°47′32″W / 57.51528°N 1.79222°W / 57.51528; -1.79222
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Psychogeriatric
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened	1905
Links
Website	Official website
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

Ugie Hospital is a small hospital in Peterhead, Scotland, providing psychogeriatric services. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

History

The foundation stone for the facility was laid in June 1905. It first opened as the local infectious diseases hospital in 1907. ^{[1] [2]}

In 2004, the Ravenscraig geriatric ward at the hospital was closed to new admissions because of an outbreak of MRSA among the elderly patients. Eight of the 13 patients were found to be carriers of the bacteria, although none of the patients was actually infected. ^[3]

In August 2005 Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership issued a consultation document on Older People's Services, Maternity Services and Diagnostic and Treatment Services, one of which would have allowed "the relocation of all psychogeriatric services out of Ugie Hospital and enable it to be closed". ^[4]

After certain services transferred to Fraserburgh Hospital, the Buchanhaven Ward at Ugie Hospital was closed in May 2011. ^[5]

References

1. "Ugie Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
2. "Ugie Hospital – Peterhead". NHS Grampian . 8 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
3. "Geriatric ward closes after superbug colonises patients". British Nursing News Online. Retrieved 5 July 2006.
4. "Older People's Services, Maternity Services and Diagnostic and Treatment Services". Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2006.
5. "Dementia unit closes". Buchan Observer . 10 May 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2014.