Aberdeen Care Centre Moves A Step Closer

Plans for an £83m emergency care centre in Aberdeen have moved a step closer. The NHS Grampian board has approved outline proposals to relocate key frontline health services onto the main Foresterhill site.

Accident and emergency, the Gmed out-of-hours service, part of NHS 24, mental health and hyperbaric services are among those which would move.

It would also provide about 250 extra beds, many being single rooms to minimise the risk of infection spread.

It is hoped the new centre will provide patients with earlier diagnosis, less waiting and shorter stays.

The three year project is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.

The Scottish Government approved the initial agreement in March, paving the way for the board to proceed to the outline business case stage.