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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox hospital
| Name       = Turriff Cottage Hospital
| Org/Group  = [[NHS Grampian]] 
| Image      = Turriff Cottage Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 554915.jpg
| Caption    = Turriff Cottage Hospital
| Logo       = <!-- optional -->
| Location   = [[Turriff]]
| Region     = Aberdeenshire
| Country    = Scotland
| HealthCare = [[NHS Scotland]]
| Type       = Community
| Speciality = 
| Emergency  = Minor injuries unit
| Affiliation= <!-- University or Medical School -->
| Beds       = 19
| Founded    = 1895
| Closed     = 
| Website    = [http://www.nhsgrampian.org/nhsgrampian/gra_display_simple_index.jsp?pContentID=486&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show& Turriff Hospital]
| map_type   =Scotland Aberdeenshire
| map_caption= Shown in Aberdeenshire
| coordinates={{coord|57|32|15|N|2|26|57|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Turriff Cottage Hospital''' is a [[community hospital]] in [[Turriff]], Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by [[NHS Grampian]].

==History==
The hospital was designed by James Duncan as a joint infectious diseases hospital to serve both the burgh and district.<ref name=hh>{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/aberdeenshire/|title=Turriff Hospital|date=26 April 2015 |publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref> It opened as the Turriff Joint Hospital in 1895.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhsgrampian.org.uk/nhsgrampian/gra_display_simple_index.jsp;jsessionid=B3E8DDD0D66A7AEF97CB8625FC4DC39F?pContentID=486&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show& | title=Turriff Hospital |publisher=NHS Grampian |date=24 September 2014 |accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> It closed in 1932 but re-opened with a new nurses' home in 1936.<ref name=hh/> The facility had some refurbishment in 1998<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/robertson-attacks-secret-hospital-bids-1.455954 |title=Robertson attacks 'secret' hospital bids |last=Ross |first=David |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=23 April 1996 |accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref> and it became the first site in NHS Grampian to become completely smoke-free in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/turriff-hospital-site-to-become-smoke-free-zone-1-3222160 | title=Turriff Hospital site to become smoke-free zone |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=5 Dec 2013 |accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref>

==Services==
The hospital has 19 beds and is attached to the local health centre. It has [[x-ray]] facilities<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhsgrampian.org.uk/nhsgrampian/gra_display_simple_index.jsp?pContentID=490&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show& | title=Turriff Hospital - Other services |publisher=NHS Grampian |date=26 May 2009 |accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref> and a 24-hour minor injuries unit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.know-who-to-turn-to.com/minor_injuries_clinic2.html |title=Know who to turn to: Local minor injury units |publisher=NHS Grampian |accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.friends-of-turriff-hospital.co.uk Friends of Turriff Hospital]

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[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1895]]
[[Category:NHS Grampian]]
[[Category:NHS Scotland hospitals]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Aberdeenshire]]
[[Category:1895 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1895]]
[[Category:Cottage hospitals]]
[[Category:Turriff]]


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