Chamber
Plenary, 11 Jan 2007
11 Jan 2007 · S2 · Plenary
Item of business
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
Community Hospitals (Western Isles)
Health and Community Care
A question, please, Mr Morrison.
In the same item of business
1. Mr Alasdair Morrison (Western Isles) (Lab):
Lab
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the strategy to enhance community hospitals will have on health care in the Western Isles. (S2O-11636)
The Minister for Health and Community Care (Mr Andy Kerr):
Lab
We believe that "Developing Community Hospitals: A Strategy for Scotland" will have a positive effect on health care in the Western Isles. The strategy, publ...
Mr Morrison:
Lab
I thank the minister for that response, and I also formally put on record my thanks to him for his decisive action in his intervention last summer, which ens...
The Presiding Officer (Mr George Reid):
NPA
To the question, please.
Mr Morrison:
Lab
Yes, Presiding Officer. Mr Gibson betrayed his ignorance when he asked a parliamentary question before the Christmas break about a hospital that had not even...
The Presiding Officer:
NPA
A question, please, Mr Morrison.
Mr Morrison:
Lab
Does the minister agree that such a staggering level of ignorance demonstrated by a legislator does not inspire confidence, and does he agree that it is a re...
Mr Kerr:
Lab
What inspires confidence is the Kerr report, which provides a national framework. What inspires confidence is "Delivering for Health". Medical leaders—partic...
Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP):
SNP
Will the minister authorise the funding of terminal care units in NHS hospitals in small island communities, such as St Brendan's hospital in Barra, where a ...
Mr Kerr:
Lab
I am always happy to consider such ideas. Of course, I would need much more detail on the project to which Rob Gibson refers. We will continue to support the...
Dave Petrie (Highlands and Islands) (Con):
Con
Will the minister give assurances to patients in the Western Isles that such enhancements as have been mentioned will offset some of the frequently documente...
Mr Kerr:
Lab
The member refers to frequently documented problems, but I suggest that he cannot be looking at up-to-date material about the delivery of health care service...