Kincardine Community Hospital was opened in 1998 to serve the health needs of the local population in and around Stonehaven

Stonehaven

Stonehaven is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies on Scotland's northeast coast and had a population of 9,577 in 2001 census.Stonehaven, county town of Kincardineshire, grew around an Iron Age fishing village, now the "Auld Toon" , and expanded inland from the seaside...

, Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is operated in partnership with Care UK, a private healthcare provider.

Within the hospital there is are a 19 bed GP acute admissions ward (Arduthie Ward), 16 bed unit caring for frail elderly patients (Mearns Ward), 2 slow stream rehabilitation beds and a 12 bed unit specialising in care of elderly mentally infirm patients, with two of these beds used as a respite facility (Ardoe Ward).

Mowat Court Nursing Home with 16 beds is also situated within the buildings.

There is also a Minor Injuries Department with a telemedicine

Telemedicine

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities...

 link to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary's

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...

 Accident and Emergency

Emergency department

An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...

Unit.

The Community Night Nursing Service and Rapid Response Service are based at Kincardine Community Hospital as is the Child Development Team for Kincardine.

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