Inverurie Hospital | |
Location: | Inverurie |
Region: | Aberdeenshire |
Country: | Scotland |
Healthcare: | NHS Scotland |
Type: | Community |
Founded: | 1897 |
Map Type: | Scotland Aberdeenshire |
Coordinates: | 57.2772°N -2.3781°W |
Inverurie Hospital is a small hospital in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.
The hospital has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital in Cunninghill Road which opened in January 1897.[1] [2] It moved to a new 60-bed facility in Upperboat Road, which was designed by R. Leslie Rollo, in December 1940.[1] [3] It continued to deal with a wide range of infectious diseases from across Aberdeenshire.[4] Following the eradication of many infectious diseases, single storey wards were re-designated for general medicine in 1958.[4]
The Minor Injury Unit Service in Inverurie is delivered by Inverurie Medical Practice at the Inverurie Health and Social Care Hub, during the hours of 8.30am-6pm Monday to Friday. There is no longer an out of hours Minor Injury Unit Service provided at Inverurie Hospital.[5]