Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village

Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village also known as The Health Village is a community hospital located in the centre of Aberdeen, Scotland.[1] It is managed by NHS Grampian.

Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village
NHS Grampian
Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village
Shown in Aberdeen
Geography
LocationAberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates57.150243°N 2.091621°W / 57.150243; -2.091621
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeCommunity hospital
Affiliated universityUniversity of Aberdeen
Robert Gordon University
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
BedsN/A
History
Opened2013
Links
WebsiteAberdeen Community Health and Care Village - NHS Grampian
ListsHospitals in Scotland

History

Plans for the complex were announced in 2010.[2] The facility, which cost £15 million to construct, opened in December 2013.[3] It was the first healthcare facility to be completed in Scotland under the hub framework of the Scottish Futures Trust.[4][5]

Services

The health village, which is designed to offer services to 700 patients a day,[3] contains 275 rooms including three dental suites, two minor procedure rooms and 29 consulting rooms.[6] Services being run from the health village include: cardiac rehabilitation, dentistry, dietetics, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiology, sexual health, speech and language therapy and minor surgery. An endoscopy service was provided from June 2014.[7]

The health village acts as an educational resource for patients, carers and community-based staff.[8] The health village also provides improved access to community based learning opportunities for healthcare professionals such as general practitioners (GPs) and GP trainees.[9]

References
  1. "Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village". NHS Grampian. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. "£29m plans for 'health and care village' in city centre". The Scotsman. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. "Scotland's prescription for health: ditch the PFI". The Guardian. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. "First Minister opens state-of-the-art healthcare village". NHS Grampian. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. "Funding the future: New wave of NHS 'big build' projects". BBC News. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. "First Minister opens Aberdeen health village". The Scotsman. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. "Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village Newsletter April 2014" (PDF). NHS Grampian. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. "First Minister opens new £15 million health village in Aberdeen". Evening Express (Scotland). 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. "Aberdeen Community Health Village". North of Scotland GP Training. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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