MOVING key children’s hospital services from Paisley to Glasgow will lengthen travel times for nearly 90 per cent of Renfrewshire residents, according to a report.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde’s plan to transfer some children’s services from ward 15 at Royal Alexandria Hospital to the new Royal Hospital for Children, and the move will mean a longer journey for parents to be with their children undergoing treatment for some of the most serious illnesses.
A report will go to Renfrewshire Council on December 15 about the issue.?
Ward 15 is currently the only remaining acute in-patients facility for children in NHS GGC area outside of the new children’s hospital in Govan.?
If approved, the changes will mean the end of a comprehensive paediatric service at the Royal Alexandria Hospital.?
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