NHS Highland have confirmed that the long-awaited opening of the National Treatment Centre in Inverness will be delayed from 9 December 2022 to 3 April 2023.
Edward Mountain MSP commented:
“This news will bring bitter disappointment to the 2,500 orthopaedic patients waiting for treatment in the Highlands.
“Despite recent assurances that I received from NHS Highland that the facility would be completed this October, it now appears that this is another myth - just like the one which suggested it would initially be open in August 2021.
“A delay of two years is already unacceptable and, even worse, further delays aren’t being ruled out.
“Patients need this facility now more than ever and both NHS Highland and the Scottish Government must take urgent action to get this build back on schedule.”
