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Daily Record
19 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Record
Health bosses spend more than £20m on Capital Investment programme
Ambitious capital programme unveiled by NHS Ayrshire and Arran An ambitious Capital Investment Programme of more than £20 million has been unveiled by NHS Ayrshire & Arran for 2025-26. The Core Capital Allocation came to £9.156m, while £1m went towards Foxgrove, the Irvine-based National Secure Inpatient Service. Some £1.6 million went to the Whole System Estates Plan and £441,000 to the National Lab Information Management System, while £200,000 went to the National Treatment Centre and £266,000 to Plant De-carbonisation Slippage. A total of £7.47m went towards a Business Continuity Plan and £1.075m to Sustainability. Funding for Foxgrove and the National Treatment Centre is reimbursed based upon actual expenditure. The National Labs Information System is a national programme. The Building for Better Care and Fleet Decarbonisation funding was brokered from funding in previous years and deferred until 2025-26. The Scottish Government requested new bids for electric vehicle infrastructure and decarbonisation proposals in April and May 2025. The Scottish Government allocated £600,000 to NHS Ayrshire & Arran in 2025-26 for the purposes of installing EV charging infrastructure. The budget is to be spent on those projects included in the bid submitted to Scottish Government. The board are to spend the funding on the back office software costs listed in the bid and the remainder can be spent on the projects in the bid that the Health Board thinks are most appropriate (given that they are not providing funding for the full amount in the bid at this point and as long as the costs are capital. Some £475,000 was allocated to the board in 2025-26 for the purposes of installing LED lighting at Arran War Memorial Hospital and creating decarbonisation pathways for Ayr Hospital and Ayrshire Central Hospital. The budget is to be spent on these projects (estimated costs) and if there are monies unspent from these projects it may be set against some of the other projects in the bid. The Scottish Government require a report at the end of the financial year confirming that funds have been spent within that period.
Daily Record
6 days ago
- Health
- Daily Record
Ayrshire adolescent mental health facility to open in January
Foxgrove - the National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service - at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine is due to become fully operational in January. A new national adolescent mental health facility in Ayrshire is nearing completion. Work on Foxgrove - the National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service - at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine is set to conclude soon with a formal hand over to NHS Ayrshire and Arran due to take place in September. The facility, an inpatient unit for children aged 12 to 18 years who have complex difficulties and need a high level of care, is expected to be fully operational and start receiving patients from January. It will provide the first medium secure adolescent inpatient service for young people in Scotland. Following national investment, 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. Caroline Cameron, Director of North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said: 'We are delighted to be nearing the end of the construction phase at Foxgrove and working towards improving outcomes for young people with complex mental health needs. 'This much needed national facility will be of huge benefit to children from around the country who are seriously unwell. 'Currently, these patients are referred to secure adolescent mental health facilities in England or in adult inpatient settings, placing significant additional pressure and stress on the young people, as well as their families. 'This modern, purpose-designed facility will ensure that Scottish adolescents with challenging mental health illnesses can access the health care, education, and support services they need, while remaining closer to their support network of family and friends. 'We have recently hired a number of teaching staff to join our highly skilled team at Foxgrove, with recruitment under way for a variety of additional roles. 'This offers an ideal opportunity to join the team during this exciting phase of the facility's development.' Mental Wellbeing Minister, Tom Arthur, said: 'I'm very pleased that work is progressing to open a new national facility to support young people with some of the most challenging mental health issues. 'Whilst we have made welcome progress in meeting the national standard on waiting times for children and young people accessing mental health services this year, I am determined to do more to ensure high-quality services are in place to offer care in the right place, at the right time. This new facility will be an important step towards helping us do this.'
