Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 02 March 2016
02 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Delayed Discharge (NHS Grampian)
Health, Wellbeing and Sport
The percentage of operations that are cancelled because of capacity issues remains very small. The figure was around 2.8 per cent in the recent statistics, and that has been pretty consistent over the past few months.
Any cancelled operation is to be regretted, but there are circumstances when emergencies will need to take precedence over planned procedures. That is why we will invest £200 million over the next five years to develop more elective centres along the lines of the Golden Jubilee hospital model.
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12. Christian Allard (North East Scotland) (SNP)
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Shona Robison
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