Chalmers Hospital is an NHS

NHS Scotland

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 general hospital

Hospital

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 located in Banff

Banff, Aberdeenshire

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, Scotland

Scotland

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, a small coastal town around 46.5 miles north west of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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.

History

Chalmers Hospital was founded by Alexander Chalmers (died 11 August 1835), a merchant of Banff, who left the whole of his estate to be applied, upon the death of his wife, towards funding and building a hospital for the people in the Royal Burgh

Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....

 of Banff. Mrs Chalmers died in 1861, and on 19 July 1864 Chalmers Hospital opened.

Services/wards

The hospital is supported by GP

General practitioner

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s from Banff, Gamrie, Deveron, Macduff, Portsoy

Portsoy

Portsoy is a burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly in the county of Banffshire. The original name of the town was Pert Soaidh, which translates as 'The wooded place of the warriors...

 and Aberchirder

Aberchirder

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 Medical Practices.

Chalmers Hospital has four in-patient wards: Seafield; Deveron; Findlater; and Midwifery. Chalmers provides an extensive range of clinics, these include, surgical, gynaecology

Gynaecology

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 audiology

Audiology

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, orthopaedics, child development

Child development

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, psychiatry

Psychiatry

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, respiratory, diabetic dietician, ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

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, dermatology

Dermatology

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, teledermatology

Teledermatology

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, urology

Urology

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, radiotherapy, gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

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, obstetrics

Obstetrics

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, and minor surgery

Surgery

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.

The hospital has a 24-hour Casualty Department with a telemedicine

Telemedicine

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 link to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or ARI is a teaching hospital on the Foresterhill site in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is run by NHS Grampian and has around 900 beds. ARI is a tertiary referral hospital serving a population of over 600,000 across the North of Scotland...

's Accident and Emergency Unit. Chalmers Hospital works closely with Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI), and uses air transport regularly.

Future

Chalmers Hospital is currently undergoing major redevelopment,after being highly criticised for not being up to date. Some of the interiors have been there since World War II

World War II

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. As of March 2009, the refurbishment is less than half-complete, although the hospital remains open. Find later ward has been moved to Campbell Hospital

Campbell Hospital, Portsoy

Campbell Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is administered by NHS Grampian. It is currently a geriatric hospital, although it was formerly known as Campbell Infectious Diseases Hospital. Campbell Hospital is scheduled to close when development...

 in Portsoy until refurbished, and Seafield and Deveron have been merged. The Midwifery

Midwifery

Midwifery is a health care profession in which providers offer care to childbearing women during pregnancy, labour and birth, and during the postpartum period. They also help care for the newborn and assist the mother with breastfeeding....

 unit will be demolished and rebuilt with more modern facilities. Numerous changes have also been made inside, including X-ray

X-ray

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facilities being moved to a different area of the building.