We come to petitions PE498 and PE499. PE498 is on behalf of the Fife Health Service Action Group and PE499 is on behalf of the Dunfermline Press. The Public Petitions Committee passed both petitions to us simply to note them and take no action at this time. I believe that the Public Petitions Committee is awaiting further information.
Official Report · Committee
Petitions
Victoria Hospital (PE498 and PE499)
Speakers
Choose an MSP to read only their contributions- Margaret Smith LD 2
- John McAllion Lab 1
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4 contributionsYes. Normally we try to get a response from the Executive before deciding what to do with a petition. However, the Health and Community Care Committee has just decided to take evidence on PE48 and PE453. Petitions PE498 and PE499 are on a similar matter in which there is massive local opposition to a decision that a health board has taken and the health board has just ignored that opposition. I wonder whether, if the Public Petitions Committee gets an early response from the Executive, we could refer the matter back quickly to the Health and Community Care Committee to form part of the evidence session.
We have made a decision on the oral evidence on the Glasgow situation. Would it be worth the committee's while to make a general call for written evidence on the wider issue of general consultation on the health service? I know that time is against us, but people might feel at this stage that they are able to make written comments about how consultation has been handled. The time frame might be very tight, but some people might be able to use it.We would make it clear that we are interested in the general way in which consultation is handled, rather than specific local issues. We can extract from local issues the widespread concern—to which Nicola Sturgeon referred—that people are not being listened to. We might manage to find somebody who is happy to write to us to say that they have been listened to. That would be a nice development. If we get further comment with PE498 and PE499 we can add that in, but we would not be specific about those petitions. Do members agree to that suggestion?
Members indicated agreement.
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