Community leaders and politicians have raised fears that local health services in Buchan will not be able to meet demand if further housing is approved.
Plans have been lodged for nearly 40 homes at Crimond, which could bring more than 100 residents to the village.
And although the homes will be served by a new GP and pharmacy centre, a major 600-home development in nearby Fraserburgh will put even more pressure on the health service.
The Crimond proposals were unveiled just days after fears about dwindling health resources were raised by another Buchan community.
Now senior politicians have voiced their concerns, with one Labour MSP criticising the Scottish Government for failing to support NHS Grampian with the funding to care for a booming population.
Last week Deer Community Council has released a statement pleading for more healthcare provisions for the area.
A spokesman said: “There are thousands of houses going up and you can end up waiting a fortnight for an appointment at the health centre. It can only get worse.”
Last night Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald said: “The issue the community council has raised is a valid one.
“The big problem facing NHS Grampian is the funding it receives from the Scottish Government.
“In 2007 – just before the SNP took power – there was a funding review which agreed the national resource allocation should be updated to reflect growing rural populations.
“Although the government has accepted that, they’ve moved so slowly that the NHS is now £30million behind what it needs to meet population demands.”
An NHS spokesman said that the health board’s short-term priority was clearing up backlogs and replacing equipment.
He added: “The major development in Aberdeenshire will be a replacement for the health centre in Inverurie, which is no longer fit for purpose.”
A Scottish Government spokesman defended the current spending and said: “As we have previously stated, as part of this year’s funding settlement for NHS Scotland, NHS Grampian received additional resource funding of £34.5m in 2014-15. This
represents a 4.6% increase.”
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