Leanchoil Hospital

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Leanchoil Hospital
NHS Grampian
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Entrance to the Leanchoil Hospital
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Geography
Location Forres, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 57°36′15″N3°35′26″W / 57.60417°N 3.59056°W / 57.60417; -3.59056
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type community hospital
Services
Beds1
History
Opened1892
Closed2018
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Leanchoil Hospital was a community hospital in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Grampian.

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History

The hospital was financed by Lord Strathcona to serve the population of his native Forres and the surrounding area. [1] It was designed by John Rhind [2] and was named after the farm on which Strathcona had grown up with his mother. [3] It was opened to patients in April 1892. [2] On his death in 1914, Strathcona left a further bequest of £10,000 to the hospital. [4] A maternity wing was added in 1940 [2] and it joined the National Health Service in 1948. [5]

The hospital closed temporarily in January 2011 following an electrical fault [6] but reopened in December 2011 once extensive renovations had been completed. [7] There were only 9 inpatient beds available after it reopened. [7]

NHS Grampian announced in November 2018 that, as they had no means to invest, the hospital, which had already been temporarily closed two months earlier, [8] would close permanently. [9]

Services

The hospital had 9 beds providing medical care, rehabilitation, assessment, palliative/terminal care, convalescence and respite care. The beds were in 4-bedded rooms which are divided into male and female wards, and there was one single palliative care suite. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Leanchoil Hospital". NHS Grampian. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Leanchoil Hospital, Forres". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. McDonald, Donna (2002). Lord Strathcona: A Biography of Donald Alexander Smith. Dundern. p. 53. ISBN   978-1550023978.
  4. "Lord Strathcona's will". Evening Post. 16 July 1914. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "Leanchoil Hospital, Forres". National archives. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. McLaren, Tanya (21 June 2011). "Leanchoil Hospital answers demanded". Forres Gazette. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  7. 1 2 Crowther, Stuart (8 December 2011). "Delight as Forres hospital reopens its doors for inpatients". STV News. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  8. "Temporary closure of Leanchoil Hospital". Inside Moray. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  9. "Leanchoil closed for good". Forres Gazette. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.