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| Brain surgery units 'to be kept' | Brain surgery units 'to be kept' |
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| All four of Scotland's specialist neurosurgery units are to be retained, BBC Scotland has learned. | All four of Scotland's specialist neurosurgery units are to be retained, BBC Scotland has learned. |
| Neurosurgery is currently performed at hospitals in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. | Neurosurgery is currently performed at hospitals in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen. |
| The Scottish Government was looking at plans to centralise expertise at one single centre of excellence, probably in Edinburgh or Glasgow. | The Scottish Government was looking at plans to centralise expertise at one single centre of excellence, probably in Edinburgh or Glasgow. |
| However, Health Minister Shona Robison is to announce that there is "no clear evidence" to support a single site. | However, Health Minister Shona Robison is to announce that there is "no clear evidence" to support a single site. |
| Campaigners in the north east had claimed people who suffered brain injuries would die if they were forced into long journeys to the central belt for treatment. | |
| Ms Robison's decision comes after a report compiled by the Neuroscience Implementation Group, a panel of experts brought in by former health minister Andy Kerr. | Ms Robison's decision comes after a report compiled by the Neuroscience Implementation Group, a panel of experts brought in by former health minister Andy Kerr. |
| About 25,000 people petitioned the Scottish Parliament demanding that the brain surgery services were retained in the north east of Scotland. | |
| Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children also launched a campaign to keep its service. | Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children also launched a campaign to keep its service. |