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The ward at Aboyne Community Hospital which was temporarily closed due to nursing staff shortages is to re-open at the end of the month.

Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) said in August that the closure was due to staffing issues across three in-patient wards in the Deeside area.

AHSCP said it now had the staff in place to soon re-open the ward.

South Aberdeenshire partnership manager Janine Howie thanked everyone involved.

AHSCP had described the temporary closure as a "very difficult decision".

During the closure, staff from Aboyne were working to support the two wards at Glen O'Dee Hospital in Banchory.