Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how may beds NHS Grampian has procured through its lease agreement with BMI Albyn Hospital.
The Scottish Government have overseen national use of Independent Sector capacity throughout the pandemic. Our strategy has been to ensure this capacity is available to the NHS, providing a COVID free environment for urgent elective, primarily cancer, procedures to be undertaken. Under these arrangements, BMI Albyn have carried out 494 outpatient appointments and 996 urgent elective or cancer surgical procedures.