The Oaks, Elgin

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The Oaks is a UK National Health Service hospital in Elgin, Scotland. It is administered by the NHS Grampian region.

The Oaks is a purpose-built unit to provide specialist care and support for people with cancer and other progressive illnesses in Moray. The Centre focuses on the control of pain and symptoms with the aim of reducing suffering and improving quality of life.

In 1997 the Hospice in Moray (H.I.M) steering committee published their proposals for a day hospice in Moray, and £2.2 million was raised by Macmillan Cancer Relief towards the creation of The Oaks, which opened on 2nd June 2003 and officially was opened by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay on 5th August 2003.

The Oaks is situated in its own grounds approx ½ mile from Dr Gray's Hospital on the main A96 towards Inverness.^[1]

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^ The Oaks. NHS Grampian. Retrieved on 2006-07-13.

	Hospitals in NHS Grampian
Aberdeen	Aberdeen Maternity Hospital \| Aberdeen Royal Infirmary \| National Hyperbaric Centre \| Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital \| Royal Cornhill Hospital \| Roxburghe House \| Woodend Hospital \| Woolmanhill Hospital
Aberdeenshire	Aboyne Hospital \| Campbell Hospital \| Chalmers Hospital \| Fraserburgh Hospital \| Glen O'Dee Hospital \| Insch War Memorial Hospital \| Inverurie Hospital \| Jubilee Hospital \| Kincardine Community Hospital \| Maud Hospital \| Peterhead Community Hospital \| Turriff Cottage Hospital \| Ugie Hospital
Moray	Dr Gray's Hospital \| Fleming Cottage Hospital \| Leanchoil Hospital \| The Oaks \| Seafield Hospital \| Spynie Hospital \| Stephen Cottage Hospital \| Turner Memorial Hospital