A £10m multi-storey car park for visitors and staff at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) has officially opened.

The Lady Helen Parking Centre at Foresterhill Health Campus was funded by The Wood Foundation.

The charity was set up by business man Sir Ian Wood and his family in 2007.

His wife, Lady Helen Wood was the leading force behind the new car park that will provide an additional 1,000 parking spaces.

At the opening ceremony on Wednesday, Lady Wood said: "I am delighted to be opening this new car park, especially in the company of and with help and participation from some of the patients and visitors who, like me, have so often felt real frustration and anxiety in trying to find suitable car parking for their visit.

"I am particularly pleased at the thought that this car park will relieve some of that stress and frustration from the many tens of thousands of patients and visitors who will be using ARI in the future."

Funding to improve the parking was pledged to NHS Grampian by The Wood Foundation in 2015 and is currently one of the largest single charitable donations to the NHS in Scotland.