Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village


Aberdeen Community Health and Care Village also known as The Health Village is a community hospital located in the centre of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

History

Plans for the complex were announced in 2010. The facility, which cost £15 million to construct, opened in December 2013. It was the first healthcare facility to be completed in Scotland under the hub framework of the Scottish Futures Trust.

Services

The health village, which is designed to offer services to 700 patients a day, contains 275 rooms including three dental suites, two minor procedure rooms and 29 consulting rooms. Services being run from the health village include: cardiac rehabilitation, dentistry, dietetics, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiology, sexual health, speech and language therapy and minor surgery. An endoscopy service was provided from June 2014.
The health village acts as an educational resource for patients, carers and community-based staff. The health village also provides improved access to community based learning opportunities for healthcare professionals such as general practitioners and GP trainees.