NHS Grampian seeks to provide appropriate spiritual, pastoral and religious care to patients, their relatives and carers and to staff. This care is available to people with or without specified religious beliefs.

The particular needs of different churches, faith and other groups within the area are respected and access to appropriate support offered.
Hospital chaplains provide spiritual, religious and pastoral care in all the hospitals in NHS Grampian.
  • they are available for patients, relatives, carers, visitors and staff
  • to listen...to support....to celebrate....to comfort....to pray 
  • in complete confidence no matter what a person's faith or beliefs
This care is available to people with or without specified religious beliefs.
 

NHS Grampian's Virtual Carol Service 2025

This year's service will be available to watch from 8am on Monday 15th December on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/qjzk6ts9OtE 

Join us for music, poems, readings and reflections. This year's carol service is focusing on the reality that peace doesn't happen above the complex grid of life but in the midst of it. Even when times are tough we can still find peace if we take the time to look for it and cultivate it. The ups and downs of the original Christmas story illustrate that thought very well because things were far from easy for Mary and Joseph on the long journey that led them to Bethlehem.

We hope this will be a helpful theme for anyone who find themselves unwell over the festive season and for our hardworking staff, whose daily work experience can be a demanding roller-coaster ride of emotions and responsibilities. The story of Christmas holds out the hope that peace can be found right where we are, however things are.

With thanks to NHS Grampian Charity for their support in making this virtual carol service possible.

 

Annual Reports on the work of the Chaplains

 

Head of Spiritual Care

Gillian Douglas leads the team of healthcare chaplains working in NHS Grampian.
Telephone: 01224 553166
 
 
Contact the Hospital Chaplains
Chaplains Office
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZN
Tel: 01224 553316

01224 553316

Location

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB252ZN

Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.30pm

Published: 09/12/2025 12:17