Ian Charles Community Hospital is a health facility in Castle Road East,

Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey ( gd, Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, Counties of Scotland, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairng ...

, Scotland. It is managed by

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History

The facility, which was founded by the Countess of Seafield in memory of her son, Ian Charles Ogilvy-Grant, opened in 1885. A maternity wing was completed in 1923, and, after joining the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

in 1948, it was further expanded in the 1950s. In February 2015, it was announced that the hospital would close once a new health centre in

Aviemore Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popul ...

had been completed.

References

NHS Scotland hospitals 1885 establishments in Scotland Hospitals established in 1885 Hospitals in Highland (council area) Hospital buildings completed in 1885 {{UK-hospital-stub