Financial close has been achieved on a £270m project to deliver a new acute district general hospital for Dumfries and Galloway.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway and High Wood Health, a consortium including construction company Laing O’Rourke, is undertaking the construction of a new facility to incorporate new models of care to accommodate the needs of patients in the area.

The development includes en-suite single rooms, a combined assessment unit, theatres complex, critical care unit and outpatients department.

The project is one of five healthcare projects being procured under the Scottish government’s Non Profit Distributing (NPD) model.

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Laing O’Rourke will build the new hospital, which is being designed with Ryder Architects and NBBJ. Serco will manage the estates aspects of the facility when it’s delivered.

Preparation for construction is to begin immediately on a green field site on the outskirts of Dumfries.

Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "This is an exciting step forward for the new Dumfries Hospital and I’m pleased that work will soon begin on the £270m project. The hospital will provide a brand new Emergency Care Department, a combined theatre complex for day surgery, endoscopy and surgical patients, and consolidated ambulatory care. These new facilities will transform healthcare in the Dumfries region, providing patients with the highest quality facilities in their local area.

"The Scottish Government is investing over £2bn in Scotland’s health infrastructure over four years, to 2015-16, with this development being one of many that demonstrates the Scottish Government’s commitment to continually improving health services."

(IT)