Seafield Hospital is a community hospital in
Buckie
Buckie ( gd, Bucaidh) is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975. The town is the t ...
,
Morayshire
Moray; ( gd, Moireibh ) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It ...
,
Scotland
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. It is managed by
NHS Grampian
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.
History
The hospital was officially opened as Rathven Parish Hospital in 1911.
It was expanded in 1919 and 1930 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 extended again in 1964.
[ By this time the hospital was known as Seafield Hospital.][ It was refurbished in 2001 and the front doors were replaced in 2004.][
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Services
Seafield Hospital has 32 beds providing medical care, rehabilitation, assessment, palliative/terminal care, convalescence and respite care.[ There is also a minor injuries unit.]
References
NHS Grampian
NHS Scotland hospitals
Hospital buildings completed in 1911
Hospital buildings completed in 1919
Hospital buildings completed in 1930
Hospital buildings completed in 1964
Hospitals in Moray
1911 establishments in Scotland
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