Question reference: S6W-00746
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it last held discussions with NHS Grampian regarding the work it is doing to deal with the backlog of patients waiting for treatments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
The Scottish Government holds monthly performance meetings with all NHS Boards, including NHS Grampian. Their last meeting was earlier this month.
Officials also hold weekly cancer performance meetings to monitor the Board’s progress with regards to cancer services.
Recovering the NHS is our immediate focus, and this is why we have committed to publishing an NHS Recovery Plan within the first 100 days.
As part of this, we are investing over £330 million in a network of National Treatment Centres, one of which will be located in NHS Grampian. This will provide additional capacity for elective care.