Jubilee Hospital, Huntly

Jubilee Hospital
NHS Grampian
Geography
Location Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type General
Services
Emergency department Minor injuries unit
History
Founded 1888
Links
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

Jubilee Hospital, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland is a small hospital.

Jubilee Hospital was opened in 1888, having been built from public subscription.[1]

The Jubilee is now a busy 37 bed community hospital, comprising 12 old-age psychiatry beds, 25 General practitioner acute and some used as surgical beds. There is currently a visiting surgeon who does a list twice monthly. The maternity unit has 4 beds and is midwife led. There is a daycare unit at the hospital operating 6 days per week.

The hospital has a small x-ray department, with a full-time Radiographer, who also provides an ECG and pregnancy ultrasound scanning service. There is a 24-hour minor injury unit.[2] There are also Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy departments.

In August 2014 the hospital was used as a safe refuge for residents of local care homes in the wake of Hurricane Bertha.[3]

References

  1. "Community hospitals: Jubilee Hospital - Huntly". NHS Grampian. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. "Know who to turn to: Local minor injury units". NHS Grampian. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. "Evacuations Ordered As Bertha Moves North". Sky News. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

Coordinates: 57°26′36″N 2°47′20″W / 57.44333°N 2.78889°W / 57.44333; -2.78889

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