Question reference: S6W-25699
- Date lodged: 23 February 2024 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to deliver a new Monklands Hospital.
Answer
The UK Government did not inflation-proof its capital budget which has resulted in nearly a 10% real-terms cut in the Scottish Government’s capital funding over the medium-term between 2023-24 and 2027-28.
The result of this cut is that new health capital projects have currently been paused. Our emphasis for the immediate future will be on addressing backlog maintenance and essential equipment replacement. However we are in active discussions with NHS Lanarkshire on the impact of this budget settlement on the proposal to replace University Hospital Monklands and therefore no final decision has yet been made.