Care system Public NHS Phone +44 345 456 6000 | Hospital type Specialist Website Hospital website Founded 1800 | |
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency Similar Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Royal Aberdeen Children, Dr Gray's Hospital, Woolmanhill Hospital Profiles | ||
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.
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.
Part of the site is now derelict and is to be redeveloped for housing.
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. From 1852 it was the Aberdeen Royal Lunatic Asylum. In 1933 the name was formally changed Aberdeen Royal Mental Hospital. It became the "Royal Cornhill Hospital" in 1964.