2 June 2006

Opening of Tayside Children's Hospital

EVENT - OPENING OF TAYSIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
WEDNESDAY JUNE 7TH,
NINEWELLS HOSPITAL

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY FROM 11.30 AM.

The £10 million Tayside Children’s Hospital at Ninewells in Dundee will be formally opened on Wednesday June 7th by TV and radio personality Fred Macaulay.

Fred will be given a tour of the new facilities. We hope to have photo opportunities with Fred and some of the children in the Children's Hospital playcentre and at a cake-cutting ceremony.

A joint venture between NHS Tayside and the University of Dundee, the Tayside Children’s Hospital provides purpose-built facilities centred on the needs of children, from birth to the age of sixteen, and their families. The project has been financed through a mix of University, NHS Tayside and charitable funding.

Press should meet at the entrance to the Children's Hospital, which is located on Kirsty Semple Way, opposite Westgate Health Centre. Car parking is restricted to the normal parking areas at Ninewells.

A full press release will be available on the morning of June 7th.

For media enquiries contact:

Roddy Isles
Head, Press Office
University of Dundee
Nethergate Dundee, DD1 4HN
TEL: 01382 384910
E-MAIL: r.isles@dundee.ac.uk