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It’s really, it’s trying to make sure that the
service is safe first and foremost and that people aren’t being
disadvantaged.
PETER HAMILTON: This is something
Doctor Dunn that you might want to take up on a one-to-one
basis after the meeting is over. For medical input Doctor Dunn
could I maybe ask you to join us at the top table, you can use
my seat there. Do you have a second question?
NEW SPEAKER: Oh yes. I’d like to
know what sort of surgery is going to continue, general surgery
at the Vale of Leven instead of being told – you have got to go
over to Paisley for an operation. If it is an elderly person how
do the visitors get over there? It costs a lot of money for them
to go, I know there’s a bus but it’s not convenient. But do we
not have a choice of which hospital we can have our surgery?
over to Robert who is….
PETER HAMILTON: I am going to pass
ROBERT CALDERWOOD: Okay there
is a number of questions there, if I take the first question, the
type of elective surgery that will be undertaken at the Vale is
building on the current range of surgery, that is the
predominantly short stay surgery, day surgery and limited short
stay surgery where patients typically have an inpatient stay of
about 48 hours.