Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2011
17 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
New Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Edinburgh)
Health and Wellbeing
The Scottish Government remains fully committed to the delivery of the Royal hospital for sick children as quickly as possible. As I indicated to Malcolm Chisholm on 13 January 2011, details of the funding support that is available for revenue-financed projects are currently being finalised. Since 13 January, positive work has been undertaken to develop a procurement strategy for the project, which also seeks to maximise clinical benefits through the incorporation of the department of clinical neurosciences as part of the procurement. Both Scottish Government officials and the Scottish Futures Trust continue to support NHS Lothian in taking forward this extremely important development.
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David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)
Con
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The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing (Nicola Sturgeon)
SNP
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David McLetchie
Con
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Nicola Sturgeon
SNP
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Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD)
LD
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Nicola Sturgeon
SNP
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Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab)
Lab
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Nicola Sturgeon
SNP
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