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Roodlands Hospital, Haddington

Volume 181: debated on Wednesday 29 August 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what instructions have been given to the Scottish ambulance service about the availability of casualty facilities at Roodlands hospital in Haddington; and if he will make a further statement on the arrangements being made by Lothian health board for accident and emergency services in the Haddington area.

[holding answer 26 November 1990): Lothian health board has asked the chief area ambulance officer for Lothian, Fife and the Borders to operate a policy that ambulances carrying trauma cases in East Lothian are directed to Edinburgh royal infirmary. The board recommends that this should apply to any patient requiring an overnight stay and/or operative intervention.The health board intends to introduce a treatment service to ensure that minor injuries can continue to be dealt with locally. The board is actively exploring the ways in which this can be achieved.