§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will place in the Library copies of the comments received on each application for NHS trust status;
(2) if he will list all those who have responded to each trust application, and give the number of responses in favour and against in each case.
§ Mr. StewartCopies of all comments received in response to the public consultations on the third wave NHS trust applications have been retained by the relevant health board and are available for inspection. In due course copies will also be available for inspection in the library of the Scottish Office at New St. Andrew's house, Edinburgh. Three hundred and eighty responses were made to the trust applications covered by the announcement by my noble and learned Friend the Minister of State on 15 October. The numbers expressing explicit support or opposition or offering comments are shown in the table.
Third wave NHS trust applicants (batch 1)—Public consultation responses Trust applicant For Agains Comments Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Services 9 7 8 Dundee Healthcare 6 7 10 East and Midlothian 117 147 157 Edinburgh Child Health Edinburgh Priority Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Western General Falkirk Royal Infirmary 8 5 41 Forth Valley Healthcare 6 5 18 Fife Healthcare 2 6 9 Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health 6 9 29 Hairmyres and Stonehouse 3 10 7 Law 3 7 9 Perth and Kinross 7 7 9 1 Responses cover all five Lothian applications
§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many representations he received(a) supporting and (b) opposing the applications for the establishment of an NHS trust for Mid and East Lothian.
§ Mr. StewartThe public consultation covering the five Lothian trust applications attracted 121 responses. Most were general rather than hospital specific but 54 referred to the East and Mid Lothian application. Ten expressed explicit support, 26 opposition and 18 offered comments.