Scottish Government is to invest £409m in the development of new hospitals and health centres, including a further £120m for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital (pictured).
Other projects in the £409m package include: £90m to develop Aberdeen Women's Hospital, £20m for the new Aberdeen Cancer Centre, and £65m East Lothian Community Hospital, and £20m community health projects in the Highlands.
There is also £19m assigned for primary care in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and lastly £19m for primary care projects in Grampian.
Nicola Sturgeon said, 'These health projects will provide state-of-the-art facilities to care for thousands of patients across Scotland.
“This £409 million investment will deliver the highest quality of health and social care services. This government’s vision is to deliver world-leading safe, effective and person-centred healthcare.
“The announcement demonstrates that, despite the massive cuts to Scotland’s capital budget from Westminster, the Scottish Government will continue to deliver substantial investment in the infrastructure of the NHS through use of the innovative NPD model and the Hub programme.
“Infrastructure investment is also fundamental to delivering sustainable economic growth. It supports our construction industry and helps attract business activity to our communities.
“That is why we recently announced, as part of the draft budget, a £1 billion extension to the NPD pipeline extention to 2019-20.”