Maintenance work costing £1 billion is needed on buildings in the NHS, a report has shown.
Health boards have a maintenance backlog estimated to cost £1,010 million to clear.
The figure was revealed as it was announced that health boards will receive funding of around £9 billion next year from the Scottish Government. The bulk of the cash, just over £8.8 billion, will pay day-to-day running costs.
Boards will also receive £581 million in capital funding for 2012-13, the largest amount in a single year and 16% more than in 2011-12. This will be used to pay for major projects such as the new Southern General Hospitals in Glasgow, Royal Victoria Hospital in Edinburgh, and replacing vehicles and defibrillators for the Scottish Ambulance Service.
That money is part of £2 billion of capital funding the NHS will receive over four years. As well as that, £750 million of NPD funding, using the non-profit distribution scheme under which profits for private firms involved in the projects are capped, will be spent on new and existing NHS buildings over the same period.
Meanwhile, a new report provides for the first time a comprehensive survey of the condition of health service property. NHS Scotland has around 1,000 buildings but 36% are more than 50 years old, while just 15% are under 10 years old.
The report, which looked at the condition of NHS buildings, disclosed the £1 billion maintenance backlog. However, it said a significant amount of the work is needed on buildings which health boards plan to dispose of in the next 10 years.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "This report will help us to improve Scotland's hospitals, and patients will see the benefits of £2 billion-worth of new fit-for-purpose facilities across all health boards, renovations to existing buildings and modern equipment."
She continued: "For the first time we have a detailed account of the ongoing maintenance work needed on the NHS estate. This will allow us to set a benchmark from which to work from to continue to maintain our NHS buildings.
"It is vitally important that patients receive the best-quality care in settings suitable for their treatment. That is why we are investing more than ever in the NHS estate."
