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| Child cancer care 'to be saved' | |
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| Aberdeen looks set to keep its child cancer care service. | |
| Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is expected to end months of uncertainty when she announces the future of the service. | Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is expected to end months of uncertainty when she announces the future of the service. |
| It had been feared the specialist care centre in Aberdeen would be downgraded after a review recommended centralising the service. | It had been feared the specialist care centre in Aberdeen would be downgraded after a review recommended centralising the service. |
| It is expected Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh will instead work together as a network. | It is expected Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh will instead work together as a network. |
| Experts said centralising services could improve treatment and boost survival rates. | Experts said centralising services could improve treatment and boost survival rates. |
| Fighting cancer is a traumatic enough experience for any child, without having to travel hundreds of miles for treatment. Mike RumblesWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MSP | Fighting cancer is a traumatic enough experience for any child, without having to travel hundreds of miles for treatment. Mike RumblesWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MSP |
| One proposal was to withdraw some aspects of diagnosis, treatment, research and training from Aberdeen and Edinburgh, concentrating them in Glasgow. | One proposal was to withdraw some aspects of diagnosis, treatment, research and training from Aberdeen and Edinburgh, concentrating them in Glasgow. |
| Another would have seen Aberdeen downgraded, with Glasgow and Edinburgh becoming national centres for children's cancer. | Another would have seen Aberdeen downgraded, with Glasgow and Edinburgh becoming national centres for children's cancer. |
| NHS Grampian argued that if there were to be two centres, one should be in the north of the country. | NHS Grampian argued that if there were to be two centres, one should be in the north of the country. |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MSP Mike Rumbles said: "I am very pleased that the Scottish Government has seen sense and decided not to move these vital health services. | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MSP Mike Rumbles said: "I am very pleased that the Scottish Government has seen sense and decided not to move these vital health services. |
| The Lib Dem MSP said: "Fighting cancer is a traumatic enough experience for any child, without having to travel hundreds of miles for treatment. These proposals would have made it very difficult for their families to visit them as well." | The Lib Dem MSP said: "Fighting cancer is a traumatic enough experience for any child, without having to travel hundreds of miles for treatment. These proposals would have made it very difficult for their families to visit them as well." |
| It comes after news that all four of Scotland's specialist neurosurgery units are to be retained. | It comes after news that all four of Scotland's specialist neurosurgery units are to be retained. |
| Neurosurgery is currently performed at hospitals in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. | Neurosurgery is currently performed at hospitals in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. |
| The SNP Holyrood administration has already made it clear it opposes centralising health services. | The SNP Holyrood administration has already made it clear it opposes centralising health services. |