Edit Monklands Hospital
In 2006, Monklands Hospital accident and emergency was to downgrade to a nurse-led community casualty unit. This would result in NHS Lanarkshire having two consultant-led accident and emergency departments at Wishaw General Hospital and Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride. This decision was widely criticised, including the former Home Secretary, John Reid MP, voicing his disapproval of the plans. In September 2006, the plan was approved by Lewis MacDonald, Deputy Health and Community Care minister. In May 2007, the Labour administration lost out to the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliament Elections 2007 and the decision was overturned by the new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon. She demanded that NHS Lanarkshire find a way of keeping three fully functioning consultant-led A+E departments in Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire have since put forward seven possible combinations of keeping three A+E departments open, which have now been delivered for public scrutiny
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