Aberdeen City Health & Social Partnership (ACHSCP) is embarking on the first stage of a project to provide new facilities for the growing Danestone/Grandhome communities.
The project will have benefits for the wider corridor and will set out additional investment in existing facilities in the Bridge of Don area.
ACHSCP and NHS Grampian are seeking Scottish Government funding from the Health and Social Care Directorate through what is known as a HubCo project. Each project packages a number of schemes together to get the maximum benefit from each investment.
To access funding, the Programme Board must submit an Initial Agreement (IA), which sets out why new facilities are needed, the indicative costs and the primary and community care services which could be delivered from the new hub and other existing premises.
ACHSCP has organised public engagement events to ask people from the area what is most important to them about how they access primary health and community care services and ensure the community is at the heart of the project.
Partnership staff will be at the practice on:
• Thursday 18 April, 8.30–10am
• Wednesday 24 April, 8.30–10am
All patients, carers and practice staff are welcome to attend. The Partnership has also launched an online survey here.
ACHSCP Chief Officer Sandra Ross said: “We are embarking on the first phase of what is a long process to secure funding to invest in facilities that will enable the transformation of health and care services and meet the additional demand arising from planned new housing in the Grandhome and the Bridge of Don areas.
“The business case process has three stages – Initial Agreement, Outline Business Case and Full Business Case – and we will keep our communities informed about progress at each step.”
Views gathered from the public will inform future re-designs of primary and community care services in the communities, with the desired outcome being to develop a purpose-built health and care facility for the Danestone/Grandhome area that will benefit the wider corridor.