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Process begins to build new children's hospital in Glasgow
31/08/2005
A public session will be held on Friday, September 2, 2005 to consider the proposals to select the best site for a new children's hospital in Glasgow.
In September 2004, the Executive announced that it was setting aside £100 million for a new world-class children's hospital to replace the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. The new hospital will be co-located with adult and maternity hospital services to help ensure the best possible standards of care for sick babies and mothers.
Professor Andrew Calder was appointed to chair a clinical advisory group charged with monitoring the process to be used by Greater Glasgow NHS Board in identifying the best site.
The public meeting, scheduled between 1pm and 3pm, will take place at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow.
This is a public session with a briefing by the Health Board and discussion of the acute services strategy, maternity services issues and proposals for the option appraisal process.
Remit of the Calder Group:
To advise NHS Greater Glasgow on maintaining the quality of care at the Queen Mother's Maternity Hospital until the new facility is commissioned
To work with NHS Greater Glasgow to identify the most appropriate site for the new children's hospital alongside adult and maternity services
To monitor NHS Greater Glasgow's processes for service planning, stakeholder engagement and involvement and public consultation for the co-location of paediatric, maternity and adult clinical services.
To consider and take account of the existing work by the National Framework Review and by the Child Health Support Group
To Submit reports to the Health Minister at key stages of the development of the project.
Membership of the Group:
Dr John McClure, Consultant Anaesthetist, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Brenda Thorpe, Head of Midwifery, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
Dr Phil Booth, Consultant Neonatologist, Aberdeen
Angela Horsley, Assistant Director of Nursing and Paediatric Nurse, Aberdeen
Professor Andrew Calder, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Edinburgh (Chairman)
John Orr, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
Professor Tony Wells, Chief Executive, Tayside NHS Board
Professor David Barlow, Dean of Medicine Glasgow University
The group will consult with and seek the views of other groups and representative bodies on specific issues.