More than £150 million will be invested in building new facilities at NHS Grampian’s Foresterhill Campus in Aberdeen over the next 5 years.

The health board took the first step in the formal process towards creating at least 10 new facilities on the site by lodging a pre-application notification with Aberdeen City Council on Wednesday.

The plans include a state of the art Baird Family Hospital, the ANCHOR Centre, a patient hotel, a multi-storey car park and a new life sciences centre which will shared with Aberdeen University.

The plans are an overall vision for Foresterhill over the next 5 years and also include the creation of a new Foresterhill Health Centre and a replacement for the existing mortuary.

A ‘Green Exercise’ area and extensive landscaping work on the site come in addition to ongoing work to create a therapeutic roof garden at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

The latest announcement is in addition to other ongoing development work being carried out to modernise and enhance existing buildings on the site which has already resulted in a new £13.6 million Radiotherapy Department opening its doors this year.

Malcolm Wright, Chief Executive at NHS Grampian, said: “We’ve been delivering excellent care to the north east at Foresterhill since the early part of the 20th century and, while it has served us well, it is important that we keep looking forward. These new facilities will help us provide modern, specialist care right in the heart of the North East for years to come.

“We have worked closely with patients, the public and staff on the redevelopment plans and they have been very clear about what they want to see. We’ve listened to that feedback and today’s announcement will be welcome news.”