Chisholm
Welcomes Professor’s IRH Stance
Health
Minister, Malcolm Chisholm, has welcomed Professor David Kerr’s willingness to
contemplate changes
for the IRH which would keep it open in a way which would satisfy public
demands.
Under
questioning from MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, at Question
Time in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, he also underlined the need to listen
to public protests over Health Board plans.
Mr
McNeil asked:
“Does
the minister support the comments of Professor David Kerr, the chair of the
advisory group on service change in NHS Scotland, who was reported in The
Herald today as saying that he ‘would contemplate changes at Inverclyde
Royal Hospital ... which would keep it open in a way that would satisfy public
demand’?”
To
which the Minister responded:
“I
certainly welcome Professor Kerr's comments and the interest that he is showing
in Duncan McNeil's area and throughout Scotland. I
echo his general approach to these matters. Of
course we must listen to the public. Indeed,
that is as critical in NHS Argyll and Clyde as it is everywhere else in
Scotland.
“I
should point out that Professor Kerr made the same point that I have made in
different ways over the past couple of weeks – and indeed long before now –
that we must also ensure that we deliver clinically safe and high-quality
services. We should follow those
two key principles.”
ENDS
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