| Kincardine Community Hospital | |
| Location: | Stonehaven |
| Region: | Aberdeenshire |
| State: | Scotland |
| Country: | UK |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | Community |
| Emergency: | Minor injuries unit |
| Founded: | 1998 |
| Map Type: | Scotland Aberdeenshire |
| Coordinates: | 56.9694°N -2.2292°W |
Kincardine Community Hospital is a small hospital at Kirkton Road, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.
The hospital has its origins in the Kincardineshire Joint Isolation Hospital which was designed by Brown & Watt and opened in August 1903.[1] [2] [3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and incorporated the James Mowat Nursing Home, which had been located in an adjacent private house, in 1961.[3]
In the mid-1990s, NHS Grampian decided to replace the hospital with a modern facility and the new community hospital was opened on the site in 1998.[4] A new renal unit was added in spring 2018.[5]
There is a minor injuries department with a telemedicine link to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary's Accident and Emergency Unit.[6]
A befriending service was established at the hospital in 2013 matching older patients ready to be discharged, but lacking confidence to return home, with a volunteer befriender. The volunteers then visit the older patients regularly in hospital and at home after discharge, offering on-going emotional and practical support. Local GPs reported the service had improved the overall health and wellbeing of their patients and reduced the number of medically unnecessary GP visits.[7]