Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: major capital projects progress update - March 2023

Summary of changes note

This note summarises key points and changes within the report since the September 2022 progress update.

Projects no longer included within the report

The following projects were reported as being completed or operational within the last progress update and are therefore now no longer included:

• Community Custodial Unit D - Dundee
• Community Custodial Unit E - Lilias Centre, Maryhill

Projects included within report for first time

• Markle Level Crossing Bridge Replacement
• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - Radionuclide Dispensary

Notable events relating to projects within the report since last update

• National Treatment Centre (Highland) - The new £46.8 million NHS Highland centre in Inverness opened to patients in April 2023. The facility forms part of the National Treatment Centres Programme and will transform the experience for patients undergoing a range of orthopaedic and ophthalmology procedures. It is equipped with 24 beds, five operating theatres and 13 consulting rooms.
• Elective Orthopaedic Centre - The new £33.4 million NHS Fife centre in Kirkcaldy opened to patients in March 2023. The state of the art, purpose built centre forms part of the National Treatment Centres Programme and will make Fife the first NHS region in Scotland to carry out hip and knee replacements as day cases not requiring overnight stays. The centre has 3 theatres, 7 bedded recovery areas, a 34-bedded inpatient ward and a dedicated Orthopaedic Outpatient Department.
• Inverness Airport Station - The new £42 million Inverness Airport Station was officially opened in February 2023. The new station and wider rail network infrastructure investment will build resilience and additional capacity and will make rail a more attractive option and encourage more people to choose this sustainable transport option as an alternative to the car.
• Dunfermline Learning Campus - The contract for the design and construction of the new Dunfermline Learning Campus in Fife was awarded in January 2023 and construction commenced thereafter. The new campus will house teaching facilities and learning spaces for students, staff, and business clients. It will bring together about 4,500 school pupils and college students from Fife College, St Columba's RC High School, and Woodmill High School.
• Foxgrove (National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service) – Following FBC approval in September 2022, NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s new £18.7 million national facility for young people at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine commenced construction. Foxgrove will be an inpatient unit for children aged 12 to 18 years who have complex difficulties and need a high level of care. It will provide the first medium secure adolescent inpatient service for young people in Scotland. The purpose-built facility in Ayrshire means that children will be cared for nearer to home and will receive appropriate care, treatment, therapies, security, and on-going education.