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£122.5m to be invested in NHS Grampian

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The funding is enabling patients in the Grampian area to benefit from a £110 million emergency care centre and a £12.5 million energy centre at Foresterhill Health Campus.

The area is also benefitting from £25.7m investment in projects identified for delivery through revenue funding via the hub initiative.

These include Aberdeen Health Village (£15.5m), Woodside Health Centre (£4.7m) and Forres Health Centre (£5.5m).

The investment has been revealed to coincide with a visit by Public Health Minister Michael Matheson to the Foresterhill Health Campus and the Aberdeen Health Village.

Minister for Public Health Michael Matheson said:

“Having the right facilities, in the right place is important to people across Scotland and that is why we are determined to ensure both staff and patients the length and breadth of the country can work and be treated in the best possible surroundings.

“This significant investment in health building projects clearly sets out the strength of our commitment to the NHS in Scotland, and will mean that we can provide more sustainable, high quality and continually improving health care services close to home in Grampian and across the country.”

Graeme Smith, Director of Modernisation NHS Grampian, said:

“We’re delighted with this investment – the result of a great deal of hard work by many people in NHS Grampian and of our good working relationship with the Scottish Government. It will play a major part in modernising patient care and the facilities used to support patient care.”

The new Energy Centre will ensure that the energy needed for current and future developments on the Foresterhill Campus is available.

It is estimated that it will deliver a 17 per cent reduction in present CO2 emissions, equating to some 4500 tonnes per year and it will also return expected energy savings of around £1 million per year.

Work is underway on the new Emergency Care Centre at Foresterhill in Aberdeen, which will bring together emergency and urgent care services into one building on the Foresterhill site.

The new facility is scheduled for completion at the end of 2013.

Aberdeen Health Village will house a range of community health services, such as dentistry, radiology and sexual health services in one location and is due to open in December 2013.

Inspectors report on Aberdeen Children’s Hospital

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The general standard of cleanliness at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital is good, according to a report by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate.

The inspectors’ report, published today, found that staff at NHS Grampian had made progress in their efforts to protect patients from infection. The hospital was clean, isolation practices and management of patients with known or suspected infection were good and there is a clear understanding of antimicrobial prescribing for paediatric patients.

However the report also identified a number of areas for improvement:

* Hand hygiene and dress code standards must be adhered to rigorously
* A lack of integration across infection prevention and management structures needs to be addressed

* Reporting arrangements between the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and the paediatric ward at Dr Gray’s Hospital need to be formalised
* Surveillance data and information on display should be made more meaningful and suit the needs of patients and visitors
* Public awareness should be increased to ensure everyone is involved in infection prevention and control.

Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said:

“I had made tackling hospital infections my top priority. This report shows that the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has adopted a number of good practices, but there are areas where issues have been identified in the past and I would like to see NHS Grampian implement the recommendations to improve these as a matter of urgency.

“We want patients and their families to have the utmost confidence in the cleanliness of our hospitals and the quality of care.”