Question reference: S5W-35630
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 3 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the funding for the relocation of the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion to the BioQuarter site In Edinburgh, which it had initially approved, was cancelled; whether it will publish the timeline of the process that it used to reach this decision; what advice it has received from (a) clinicians and (b) ophthalmologists regarding the cancellation, and what consultation it carried out with (i) clinicians, (ii) ophthalmologists and (iii) service users.
Answer
The Scottish Government has never approved funding for the relocation of the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. In February 2018, the Scottish Government invited NHS Lothian to submit an Outline Business Case, making clear that it was not making a commitment to fund the construction of a new eye hospital.