A masterplan to improve health services at Falkirk Community Hospital over the next five years came another step closer this week when it was approved by NHS Forth Valley's board.
It is hoped that developing the site on Westburn Avenue, close to Falkirk town centre, will give the district modern, fit for purpose facilities that will help improve health and wellbeing across the district.
Previously, members of Falkirk's Integrated Joint Board - which oversees local health and social care services - also approved the strategic assessment, which will now go to the Scottish Government.
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The health board heard that there had been lots of consultation to begin to shape how services will look, with more to come as details are finalised.
The work at the community hospital site will tie in with changes to local services through the Primary Care Programme, which will see GPs surgeries expanding to cope with an increasingly ageing population in Falkirk.
According to the proposed timetable - and if the cash is available to fund the plans - the new facilities could start to open in January 2028.
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