The Robert Gordon University is inspecting construction work at its £120m Aberdeen campus amid safety concerns over Edinburgh schools.

Seventeen were shut after serious structural problems emerged at St Peter's and Oxgangs schools last week, affecting 8000 pupils.

RGU said it plans to carry out checks at its campus in Garthdee as a precaution. It was partly built by Miller Construction, one of the contractors involved in building the Edinburgh schools.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that NHS Grampian and Highland are seeking assurances over buildings also built by the firm.

A spokeswoman for RGU said: "The construction technique used by Miller Construction in the university's new campus building was quite different from the technique used in the Edinburgh schools.

"While we don't anticipate any issues we will be undertaking a check as a precautionary measure."

The £15m Aberdeen Health and Social Care Village and the Woodside, Forres and Tain health centres, which cost a total of around £30m, were all built by Miller Construction in the last five years.

A spokeswoman for NHS Grampian spokeswoman said "A small number of health centres commissioned by NHS Grampian through the hub Initiative were constructed by Miller Construction.

"Whilst health centres are of a different design to schools, and there is a considerable time lapse, as a precautionary measure NHS Grampian have asked Hub North Scotland to provide assurances that defects of a similar nature to those found in the school buildings are not inherent within any of the health centre designs".

An NHS Highland spokesman added: "Miller Construction were the tier one contractor for Tain Health Centre along with Forres Woodside and Aberdeen Health Village in a Hub North Scotland initiative.

"NHS Highland is seeking assurances that Tain Health Centre is not affected by similar concerns to those raised by Edinburgh schools.

"While NHS Highland recognises that Tain Health Centre is of a different design to schools, we have asked for assurances that similar defects were not inherent in any of the designs."

No other Scottish NHS boards are thought to be taking any action, although NHS Dumfries and Galloway had not responded by the time of publication.