Aberdeen Royal Infirmary incident
Published: 10/10/2025 21:14NHS Grampian chief executive, Laura Skaife-Knight said: “An incident at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, earlier this evening, resulted in the temporary closure of the hospital’s Emergency Department. It has since reopened. Other areas of the hospital were not affected.
“We are currently dealing with a large backlog of patients as a result and, as always, would ask patients only attend the department in an emergency.
“It is vital patients phone NHS 24 on 111 before attending at the ED – unless the situation is life threatening, for instance a suspected stroke of heart attack, in which case you should call 999.”
“Due to the nature of the incident, we cannot comment further.”
The incident is being managed by Police Scotland who have issued the following update:
Around 5.30pm on Friday, 10 October, 2025, we received a report of a man having assaulted two people at a hospital in Aberdeen.
Emergency services attended and two people were treated at the scene. An area of the hospital was evacuated.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.