The Baird Family Hospital will fulfil the requirement to replace the existing Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (AMH) which was included in the Maternity Strategy approved by the Board of NHS Grampian in 2010. The building is not fit for purpose for modern day clinical service delivery and limits the ability of the service to redesign in order to better meet the needs of women, neonates and their families.
The new hospital will allow enhanced provision for ambulatory care to be the norm, reducing the need for unnecessary hospital stays, as well as providing increased accommodation to support families.
The facility will also allow for more appropriate co-location of Breast and Gyneacology services. The location of the Baird Family Hospital will allow for physical connections to be made to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital which will benefit patients and families who require access to care in these two buildings.