Current status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will meet NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to discuss the NHS board¿s decision to press ahead with plans to abolish the community maternity units in Inverclyde Royal Hospital and the Vale of Leven Hospital despite one of the recommendations by the Independent Scrutiny Panel.
No decisions have been made.Any proposals the board makes to discontinue deliveries at the community maternityunits at the IRH and the Vale must still be subject to comprehensive public consultationand, ultimately, my decision.
I have been clear that I expectthe board to take full account of the Independent Scrutiny Panel’s report in agreeingits service options for consultation.