Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

This article is about Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).

The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital or RACH is a children's hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is situated on the Foresterhill site, with the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and provides services to children across the North of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian.

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
NHS Grampian
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
Shown in Aberdeen
Geography
Location	Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	57.1532°N 2.1351°W / 57.1532; -2.1351
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Specialist
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Speciality	Children's hospital
History
Opened	1929
Links
Website	www.rach.scot.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

History

The hospital has its origins in a private house at Castle Hill which opened in 1877.^[1] It was evacuated to Kepplestone House during the First World War.^[1] It moved to a new facility which was designed by William Kelly and opened on the Foresterhill site in 1929.^[1] After the hospital had been completely rebuilt to modern standards, it re-opened in January 2004.^[2]

In 2012 the hospital revised its policy around the age of patients who could be admitted for care, raising the limit from 14 to 16 years of age.^[3]

Performance

The hospital's performance against the four-hour target in emergency departments was 99.6% ranking third best in Scotland in August 2015.^[4]