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Written Question · S2W-04898 · Session 2

Which hospitals in each NHS board area have an (a) general paediatric and (b) specialist paediatric (i) department or (ii) unit, showing th…

Answered Asked by Fergus Ewing SNP Lodged 10 Dec 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive which hospitals in each NHS board area have an (a) general paediatric and (b) specialist paediatric (i) department or (ii) unit, showing the specialism undertaken.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 Jan 2004 · 34 days after it was lodged, on time

The Royal Hospital forSick Children Edinburgh, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children Glasgow and the Royal AberdeenChildren’s Hospital provide specialist services on a regional and nationalbasis whilst providing a general paediatric service to their local population.NHS board areas in Scotland that have a general paediatric unit are listed intable 1.
Table 1: General PaediatricMedical Units by NHS Board Area and Hospital1
Area
| Hospital

Argyll and Clyde
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Vale of Leven District General Hospital

Ayrshire and Arran
| Ayrshire Central Hospital
Crosshouse Hospital
The Ayr Hospital

Borders
| Borders General Hospital

Dumfries and Galloway
| Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Fife
| Forth Park Hospital
Victoria Hospital

Forth Valley
| Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary
Stirling Royal Infirmary

Grampian
| Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
Dr Gray’s Hospital
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital

Greater Glasgow
| Queen Mother’s Hospital
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Southern General Hospital
The Princess Royal Maternity Unit

Lanarkshire
| Monklands Hospital
Wishaw General Hospital

Lothian
| New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
St John’s Hospital At Howden

Tayside
| Ninewells Hospital
Perth Royal Infirmary

Western Isles
| Western Isles Hospital

Note:
1. As at March 2003.

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