Royal Cornhill Hospital

Royal Cornhill Hospital
NHS Grampian
Geography
Location Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Specialist
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Speciality Psychiatric hospital
History
Founded 1800
Links
Website Hospital website
Lists Hospitals in Scotland

The Royal Cornhill Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland run by NHS Grampian. It is the main centre for the treatment of people with mental health problems in Grampian.[1]

The hospital is situated on Westburn Road, East of the Foresterhill site.

In 2013 the Health and Safety Executive issued an official warning that risk assessments at the Hospital for patients in danger of self harming were insufficient, after 3 suicides.[2]

Part of the site is now derelict and is to be redeveloped for housing.[3]

History

The hospital was founded in 1800 as the Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum. The city's dancing master, Francis Peacock, donated all the funds from the profits of his 1805 book on dancing to the asylum.[4]

References

  1. "About Us". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. "Royal Cornhill deaths: Hospital had 'insufficient' risk assessment". STV. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. "Revised housing plans for Royal Cornhill Hospital approved". Press and Journal. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. Johnson, James (1853). The Scots Musical Museum. W. Blackwood and Sons. p. 126.

Coordinates: 57°09′15″N 2°06′59″W / 57.1542°N 2.1164°W / 57.1542; -2.1164

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