The Scottish Government has revealed that seven health developments across Scotland have been given the green light.

The projects will total more than £69m.

In Lanarkshire, patients will benefit from three new health centres totalling £45.7m, while a £7.5m child and adolescent mental health unit in Tayside will serve patients from the Grampian, Highland, Orkney, Shetland and Tayside areas after business plans were approved.

A Health Campus Project in Inverurie, as well as a replacement for St Brendan's Hospital in the Western Isles, has also received initial agreement, allowing proposals for both projects to move to the next stage.

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Health Secretary Alex Neil said: "Having the right health facilities and services, in the right place is important to patients across Scotland and that is why I am delighted that such a wide range of projects have taken a significant step forward.

"By developing purpose build, modern community health facilities for our rural communities we will ensure that patients the length and breadth of the country can 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 right across the country."

(JP/MH)