Fleming Hospital and Aberlour Health Centre will no longer be able to admit sick patient due to staff shortages. Instead, patients who would have been treated at the Fleming Hospital in Aberlour will now have to travel to Stephen Hospital, about five miles away in Dufftown.
The situation is said to be a temporary measure by the Health and Social Care Moray until more staffing is out in place. Out-patient appointments at the Fleming Hospital are not affected.
The Social Care Moray added that “Staff at both Aberlour and Dufftown are frequently having to work through breaks as well as working extra hours as a result of a number of staff vacancies resulting in us being unable to reliably safely staff both sites at the moment.”
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