Royal Cornhill Hospital (RCH) in Aberdeen provides specialist inpatient psychiatric care for the populations of Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire, as well as for the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
A number of different sub specialties are provided, varying from learning disability, adult (up to 65) and older adult (over 65) inpatient services as well as more specialist services including forensic, rehabilitation and a regional in patient eating disorder unit (the Eden Unit) which provides a service for all the Health Boards in the North of Scotland
The philosophy of care is that this is provided on a multidisciplinary, multiagency patient centred team model in which patients are encouraged to be full partners in their care and recovery.
In addition, RCH acts as the base for community mental health teams in adult and older adult services which are aligned to specific General Practices in City and Shire. These teams will include doctors, nurses, social workers , psychologists , occupational therapists and pharmacists and have input from other professionals eg physiotherapists and dieticians as required. They work closely with General Practices and often hold clinics within the Practice, particularly in Aberdeenshire. There are also community teams for specialists services eg forensic and rehabilitation based at RCH.
There is also a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) for NHS Grampian which is based on a number of sites including RCH and the RACH, and which provides out patient care to the most ill children and adolescents in the Grampian area whilst liasing with the regional CAMHS in patient unit which is based in Dundee.
RCH and associated sites therefore act as a hub not only for inpatient but also for outpatient care for the population of Aberdeen city and shire.
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