Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2011
17 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
NHS Forth Valley (Meetings)
Health and Wellbeing
The cabinet secretary will be aware that I am very proud of the new Forth Valley royal hospital for which I, my constituents and wider Falkirk campaigned. I am equally proud that Malcolm Chisholm agreed with us and gave the go-ahead to build the hospital.
Forth Valley NHS Board carried out a very good consultation process. In my constituency, one of the major issues that came up was public transport. Although the health board listened and associated with the council to put on a bus, that bus does not serve my constituents. The villages in Falkirk East are left behind, and there is no public transport.
Forth Valley NHS Board carried out a very good consultation process. In my constituency, one of the major issues that came up was public transport. Although the health board listened and associated with the council to put on a bus, that bus does not serve my constituents. The villages in Falkirk East are left behind, and there is no public transport.
In the same item of business
Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab)
Lab
2. To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing last met representatives of NHS Forth Valley. (S3O-13361)
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing (Nicola Sturgeon)
SNP
Ministers and officials meet representatives of all national health service boards, including those from NHS Forth Valley, on a regular basis. I last met the...
Cathy Peattie
Lab
The cabinet secretary will be aware that I am very proud of the new Forth Valley royal hospital for which I, my constituents and wider Falkirk campaigned. I ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Trish Godman)
Lab
A question, Ms Peattie, please.
Cathy Peattie
Lab
Can the minister ask Forth Valley NHS Board to review the service to ensure that my constituents who live in villages have a bus service?
Nicola Sturgeon
SNP
I agree with the member’s comments about the new hospital and, more important, those who work in it. I also agree that good transport links to and from the h...