MSP Edward Mountain has asked health secretary Neil Gray if there is a way to somehow improve Highland Maternity services.
All work on new NHS Scotland infrastructure was halted by the government, including improvements to Raigmore Hospital.
All work on new NHS Scotland infrastructure was halted by the government, including improvements to Raigmore Hospital.
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00:00 The Scottish Government, to solve the Moray maternity issue, promised £5 million investment
00:06 in Raigmore's maternity unit. That is now on hold. I do not see what the Government
00:11 are going to say to Keir Starmer and others who might have to travel four hours in labour
00:15 to get to a maternity hospital in Aberdeen or Perth. Will the Cabinet Secretary work
00:21 with me to see whether there is a way of resolving this issue and making sure that the investment
00:25 in Raigmore, which is long overdue, is continued?
00:28 I appreciate the question from Edward Mountain, and I well appreciate the situation that he
00:37 has described as incredibly challenging. I cannot give a direct commitment in terms of
00:41 the investment of Raigmore, but I can commit to his suggestion of working with him to see
00:46 whether anything more can be done to ameliorate some of the difficulties that women in his region
00:54 are facing. I will be more than happy to follow up with him on that point in due course.