In doing so,they are guided by the Scottish Executive’s health care policies, including Deliveringfor Health, which aims to ensure that the service anticipates and responds strategicallyto changing demands and to longer term developments in care and treatment.Boards are statutorily requiredto collaborate with neighbouring boards and with relevant special health boardssuch as the Scottish Ambulance Service when developing plans to reorganise services.Where such plans might impact on ambulance service provision then boards will discussthe implications, including issues such as the current levels of ambulance servicesand the prospective levels expected to be in place when the service change takesplace.