Morrison Construction has been appointed as preferred contractor to develop a new £72 million hospital in East Lothian.

The Galliford Try-owned business was selected by Hub South East Scotland on behalf of NHS Lothian.

The 23,000 sq m community hospital is to be developed on the existing Roodlands Campus located in Haddington.

The facility is to provide a range of community-based services and will include a day surgery, mental health inpatient beds, medicine of the elderly, a pharmacy and a number of other community-based treatment services.

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In addition, Galliford Try's Facilities Management business has been appointed to provide ongoing hard facilities maintenance and lifecycle management to the East Lothian Community Hospital.

The £32m contract is to be carried out over a 25-year period.

Galliford Try Investments will also be investing and providing management services to the company which will be set up to fund the project.

Peter Truscott, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, said: "We are delighted to have been selected by Hub South East Scotland for this major project in Haddington. This appointment demonstrates the capabilities of our combined offering across construction, facilities management and investments and we look forward to working with Hub South East Scotland and NHS Lothian to create the top class facilities the local public deserve."

(LM/CD)