Plans for a multi-million-pound facility designed to slash hospital waiting times will be discussed by councillors next week.
Aberdeen City Council’s pre-application forum will scrutinise the proposed elective care centre in the grounds of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
NHS Grampian bosses hope the centre would provide a one-stop-shop for respiratory, dermatology and urology patients. Training would also be provided.
It would be developed as part of a more than £55 million package of proposed improvements to the board’s estate.
Elective care is a process designed to reduce pressures on medical staff and reduce lengthy treatment waiting times.
Outpatients at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary are currently waiting around 28 weeks for routine urology appointments.
In a report to councillors, who will discuss the project next Thursday, reads: “The proposed extension is described as an elective care centre, and the applicants’ submissions set out how it is intended to provide day patient services for a number of surgical and medical specialities by providing day-case procedures/surgery along with a dedicated endoscopy unit in a single facility.
“(It) would be capable of providing ‘one stop’ clinics for urology, respiratory and dermatology, along with outpatient imaging services, along with teaching and meeting accommodation.
“The applicants highlight that most of the services contained within the proposed extension would be relocating from other locations within the Foresterhill Health Campus.”