Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to stop the planned downgrading of established and high-performing specialist neonatal intensive care services across NHS Scotland from a level three to a level two and to commission an independent review of this decision in light of contradictory expert opinions on centralising services.
Petitioner: Lynne McRitchie
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 14 May 2024
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SPICe Briefing (141KB, pdf) posted 27 August 2024
Note from Committee visit to University Hospital Wishaw (112KB, pdf) posted 02 October 2025
11 September 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health. The Committee also agreed to undertake a visit to explore the issues raised in this petition.
Official Report of Meeting 11 September 2024
PE2099/A: Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health submission, 11 June 2024 (110KB, pdf) posted 14 June 2024
PE2099/B: Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health written submission, 11 October 2024 (181KB, pdf) posted 17 October 2024
PE2099/C: Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health written submission, 1 September 2025 (100KB, pdf) posted 02 September 2025
PE2099/D: Bliss Scotland written submission, 23 September 2025 (209KB, pdf) posted 30 September 2025
PE2099/E: Monica Lennon MSP written submission, 24 September 2025 (80KB, pdf) posted 30 September 2025
PE2099/F: Petitioner written submission, 2 October 2025 (89KB, pdf) posted 07 October 2025