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Design work on the new eye hospital was well advanced before the project was cancelled in December
Public pressure, cross-party concern and calls from medical experts for a rethink helped persuade First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to promise on the campaign trail that a re-elected SNP government would after all fund a replacement for the Eye Pavilion, which has been declared no longer ft for purpose.
She repeated the pledge when she presented the new government’s priorities to the Scottish Parliament and NHS Lothian has been asked to resubmit its outline business case for the project.
But Mr Briggs now fears the hospital is not being given enough priority.He said: "We’re moving at a snail’s pace with getting this project back on track. This is a project which has been delayed because of the government.