The Baird Family Hospital and The ANCHOR Centre Questions & Answers

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (AMH) is no longer fit for purpose. Gynaecology and Breast services are provided from elsewhere on Why do we need a new hospital? the Health Campus and the new hospital provides an opportunity to bring these clinical services into one location.

Where will The Baird Family Hospital be On the site currently occupied by the Breast Screening Centre and the located? Foresterhill Health Centre.

This location will allow for physical connections to be made with both Why has this location been chosen? Royal Infirmary (ARI) and Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital (RACH) which will benefit patients and clinical services.

All of the clinical services currently within AMH will relocate to The Baird What will happen to the existing AMH? Family Hospital. It is anticipated that AMH will then be demolished.

Breast screening services will be part of The Baird Family Hospital. In the What will happen to the Breast Screening interim construction period, these services will be temporarily located Centre? within ARI and the existing building will be demolished.

What will happen to the Foresterhill This will be relocated to the west part of the Foresterhill Health Campus. Health Centre? This will then allow the existing Health Centre to be demolished.

Oncology and Haematology out-patient and day-patient services are currently provided from various locations across ARI, often in Why do we need The ANCHOR Centre? accommodation which is not fit for purpose. This new centre will allow for purpose-built clinical space to be provided to better meet the needs of patients and their families.

The centre will be built on the Foresterhill Health Campus on the site Where will the centre be located? adjacent to the Eye Clinic.

This will allow for a physical connection to the existing Radiotherapy Why has this location been chosen? Centre which will be of benefit to patients who can then receive the majority of their care and treatment in the one location.

The Eye Clinic services will be relocated to accommodation within ARI. What will happen to the Eye Clinic? This will then allow the existing building to be demolished.

Will the new buildings mean more patients All of the clinical services are currently provided on the site so the new attending Foresterhill Health Campus? buildings will not increase the number of patients visiting the site.

There is currently a review of staff parking underway. A full site survey Will there be more car parking spaces and around traffic and traffic management will be carried out and this will how will disabled parking be addressed? include parking facilities for patients and visitors.

NHS Grampian has already well established working relationships with How will NHS Grampian ensure adequate public transport providers and also works with Nestrans, the Transport public transport access? Partnership for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.

How will these new buildings impact on Both buildings will include enhanced research and teaching facilities. facilities?

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