23 December 2010
Highlands and islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant is writing to NHS Highland after learning that the Board has been deprived of £20million for future projects by the Scottish Government.
She has written to NHS Highland’s Chief Executive Garry Coutts after noticing from the Board Report that £20m of capital funding banked by NHS Highland with the Scottish Government is no longer available to the Board.
Rhoda Grant said:
“I am extremely concerned about this because I believe that the Scottish Government should not be able to take this money which has already been granted to the Board.
“However, my greater concern is that capital projects within the NHS Highland Board area will be affected.
“I am therefore writing to ask the impact on this decision on the Board’s capital spending plans and what the implications are for future projects.
“It would also be useful to know whether the board been given any indication of its future capital allocation and, if so, what impact that will have on your plans.”
