I had a very constructive meeting today with Gerry Marr, Chief Operating Officer at NHS Tayside and Arlene Wood, Clinical Service Manager. I have received the following assurances : * Any proposed changes will not be based on financial matters but on improving patient care. * The rationale is to ensure that those elderly [...]
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Ward 6 Royal Victoria Hospital – an update
Posted: June 1, 2010 in NHS Tayside, Royal Victoria Hospital* This morning’s Courier and Press and Journal covered my concerns over the future of Ward 6 at Royal Victoria Hospital – see http://tinyurl.com/ward6rvh. * This evening’s Evening Telegraph notes my welcome for nearly £60 000 of funding for a new community and arts centre at Dundee Rail Station, but I also point out the [...]
Talks with NHS Tayside over the future of Ward 6, Royal Victoria Hospital
Posted: May 30, 2010 in NHS Tayside, Royal Victoria HospitalLast week, I wrote to NHS Tayside again to highlight my concerns – and those of many constituents – over the future of elderly persons’ services at Ward 6, Royal Victoria Hospital. I am pleased to say that NHS Tayside has given me an invitation to meet with Gerry Marr, Chief Operating Officer, NHS Tayside, [...]
Royal Victoria Hospital – update on concerns about older people services
Posted: May 24, 2010 in NHS Tayside, Royal Victoria HospitalFollowing the numerous further concerns about the review of older people services at NHS Tayside, the threatened closure of Ward 6 at Royal Victoria Hospital and the failure of the Public Health Minister to intervene, I have now written to Professor Tony Wells, Chief Executive of NHS Tayside, in the following terms: “Further to your [...]
In both tonight’s Evening Telegraph and on STV News at 6pm, I made clear my concerns at the failure of Public Health Minister Shona Robison MSP to intervene regarding the future of Ward 6 at Royal Victoria Hospital. It is important that Shona Robison now promptly intervenes given the extent of concerns about NHS Tayside’s [...]
Future of Ward 6 at Royal Victoria Hospital
Posted: May 19, 2010 in NHS Tayside, Royal Victoria HospitalAs reported in today’s Courier and in my interview today on Radio Tay, I have called on the Minister for Public Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP, to intervene to protect services for elderly patients at Ward 6 in Dundee’s Royal Victoria Hospital. Following senior doctors protesting at the possible closure of Ward 6, it [...]
Many residents have expressed concern to me about the future of Ward 6 at Royal Victoria Hospital and, in particular, care for older people at the hospital. I recently wrote to Professor Tony Wells, Chief Executive of NHS Tayside, to express my concerns and seek assurances. I have today received the following response : “Due [...]
