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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.
