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Cleft palate surgery limited to Central Belt Print E-mail
Friday, 28 September 2007

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon today announced that major surgical procedures for cleft lip and palate would only be carried out in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Sturgeon stated that this move would be in the best interests of patients. "We believe this is the right way to achieve the best possible outcomes for babies born with cleft lip and palate in Scotland.

"We are committed to delivering treatment and follow-up as close to home as possible for patients and for travel to be kept to a minimum.

"Aberdeen is able to provide much of the essential treatment patients need, but for certain highly specialised surgical operations, it is in the patient's best interests to go to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Outreach day case support will continue in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow and Dundee.

Consultant plastic surgeon Arthur Morris, who led the review and was the first lead clinician of CleftSis – the National Managed Clinical Network, said he welcomed the Cabinet Secretary's decision.

"The whole principle of setting up the Network was to ensure patients come first, and the entire service is based around the patient."

Gareth Davies, of the family support group Cleft Lip and Palate Association, said he believed the move would be in the best interests of babies born with cleft lip and palate in Scotland. 

"A recent survey showed a very high level of patient satisfaction with cleft care, with no evidence that families are unwilling to travel to access high quality care."

The surgical cleft lip and palate service in Scotland will be delivered at the Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. Around 140 primary surgical procedures are carried out per year.
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