Leanchoil Hospital

Leanchoil Hospital was a community hospital in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Grampian.

Leanchoil Hospital
NHS Grampian
Entrance to the Leanchoil Hospital
Shown in Moray
Geography
LocationForres, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates57°36′15″N 3°35′26″W
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
Typecommunity hospital
Services
Beds1
History
Opened1892
Closed2018
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

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]

References
  1. "Leanchoil Hospital". NHS Grampian. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. "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. 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.
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