Question reference: S6W-24710
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 25 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 February 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government at what stage in the construction process each National Treatment Centre is.
Answer
Undertaking a health capital investment project is an iterative process and estimating the cost and completion date is a complex exercise and we did not identify individual budgets and completion dates when the programme of investment was originally announced.
Since then, additional projects have been added to the programme and we have experienced unprecedented levels of inflation in the construction sector which makes comparison of costs and completion dates difficult.
The latest position for all projects is noted in the following table:
Centre | Status |
Golden Jubilee Phase 1 | Opened in Dec 2020 at a cost of £15.8m |
NTC Fife | Opened in Mar 2023 at a cost of £34.3m |
NTC Highland | Opened in April 2023 at a cost of £48.5m |
NTC Forth Valley | In construction due to open in 2024 (est cost £12.7m) |
Golden Jubilee | In construction due to open in 2024 (est cost £82.3m) |
The development and planning for all the remaining NTCs (NTC Lothian, NTC Grampian (inc MRI at Dr Gray’s Hospital – Elgin), NTC Ayrshire and Arran, NTC Tayside, NTC Lanarkshire and replacement Edinburgh Eye Pavilion) are on pause until funding for this next phase can be confirmed.