Policy responses and statements

Name of organisation:

The Scottish Government

Name of policy document:

Independent Scrutiny: The Independent Examination of Proposals for Major Change in NHS Services - A Public Consultation

Deadline for response:

25 January 2008

Background: The Scottish Government has announced its intention of:

introducing independent, external scrutiny of proposals for major changes in NHS services before full public consultation takes place; consulting on what form the independent scrutiny should take.

The Government wants to know the views of the people who use NHS services on what form this independent, external scrutiny should take, and its final decision will be informed by the responses to this consultation exercise.

Because of the need to take early decisions and reduce uncertainty, specific arrangements for independent scrutiny have been announced separately about Accident and Emergency services at Ayr and Monklands Hospitals, and on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's proposals for services across the Clyde area. The consultation proposals build on these arrangements but the Government is also open to consider other ideas and approaches.

Download this consultation response as a .pdf

Copies of this response are available from:

Lesley Lockhart,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 1JQ.

Tel: 0131 225 7324 ext 608
Fax: 0131 220 3939

[5 January 2008]