Albyn Hospital

Albyn Hospital is a private hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is situated on Albyn Place, and is managed by BMI Healthcare.

Albyn Hospital
BMI Healthcare
The front car park and granite buildings of Albyn Hospital at night
Albyn Hospital is located in Aberdeen
Albyn Hospital
Shown in Aberdeen
Geography
Location21-24 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates57.1424°N 2.1206°W / 57.1424; -2.1206
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeAcute Surgical and Medical
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Beds30
History
OpenedEarly 1950s
Links
ListsHospitals in Scotland

History

The buildings in which the hospital is located were built as villas in the 1830s.[1] The St John Nursing Home was established in the buildings by members of the Order of St John in the early 1950s.[2] St John's Spring was moved there from Skene Row at Hardweird in 1955[3] and the Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Association was established in a garage in the grounds of the buildings in 1964.[4]

The hospital was acquired by BMI Healthcare in August 1995.[5] After a Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspection in 2014 the hospital was told to upgrade its clinical hand wash basins and to ensure that staff understood how to clean up spillages of body fluids.[6]

References
  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "22 and 23 Albyn Place, Albyn Hospital, including boundary walls (LB20118)". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. "Obituary: Georgina Scott Sutherland D St J, philanthropist". The Scotsman. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. Historic Environment Scotland. "24 Albyn Place, St John's Well (LB20054)". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "Pioneering Aberdeen" (PDF). InFocus Summer 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. "Annual Report 1996". Albyn Hospital. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. "Albyn Hospital in Aberdeen told to make improvements". BBC News. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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