Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is offering to NHS Grampian to help recruit additional specialised maternity staff, in light of reports that around a dozen paediatrics and maternity service staff are still needed at Dr Gray’s Hospital.
The Scottish Government has provided over £8m of funding to NHS Grampian in support of return of obstetric maternity services to Dr Grays since 2023, with a further £1.4m committed for 2024-25. NHS Grampian have appointed consultant obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives and nurses to support the service. Since 2024 NHS Grampian have reintroduced obsetric day care assessment, scanning services and elective caesarean sections to Dr Grays. Recruitment is ongoing for additional obstetricians, anaesthetists and theatre staff with the expectation that full obstetric maternity services will be returned in 2026.