A masterplan to enhance well being providers at Falkirk Neighborhood Hospital over the following 5 years got here one other step nearer this week when it was accredited by NHS Forth Valley's board.
It's hoped that creating the positioning on Westburn Avenue, near Falkirk city centre, will give the district trendy, match for function amenities that can assist enhance well being and wellbeing throughout the district.
Beforehand, members of Falkirk's Built-in Joint Board - which oversees native well being and social care providers - additionally accredited the strategic evaluation, which is able to now go to the Scottish Authorities.
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The well being board heard that there had been a number of session to start to form how providers will look, with extra to return as particulars are finalised.
The work on the neighborhood hospital website will tie in with adjustments to native providers via the Main Care Programme, which is able to see GPs surgical procedures increasing to deal with an more and more ageing inhabitants in Falkirk.
In line with the proposed timetable - and if the money is accessible to fund the plans - the brand new amenities might begin to open in January 2028.
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