Masterplan for new Fort William hospital updated
An artist's impression of the new hospital
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A masterplan for a new hospital in Fort William has been updated to increase the building's overall floor space.
NHS Highland is working with Highland Council on the proposed £137m replacement for the town's 60-year-old Belford Hospital.
It is to be built in the Blar Mhor area, near Caol, and the Scottish government allocated funding in its 2025-26 Budget for the project.
The total gross floor space has been increased - from 8,500 sq metres to 12,400 sq metres - to meet up-to-date healthcare design standards which require larger clinical spaces.
People in Lochaber have been campaigning for a replacement for the town's Belford Hospital for more than 20 years, and hundreds of people took part in a protest last March to express their frustration at delays to the project.
A replacement for the Belford was first suggested in the 1990s.
The masterplan has been prepared ahead of permission in principle being sought for building the new hospital.
NHS Highland said earlier this year that construction could potentially start in October 2027, external.