I WAS saddened to see (“Children fight for cleft services, The Herald, yesterday) this debate fall to a Glasgow-versus-Edinburgh argument.
With fewer of these deformities needing to be corrected, it is very wise to locate services and expertise in one site. This will mean the service will be able to retain expertise, which is a good thing. Scotland is a small country and distance between the two cities is small. The site of the service should not be the focus, but the quality.
I found it strange that anyone could think that a two-year-old could be a ‘campaigner’ as suggested on your front page yesterday. I believe this is a matter that the politicians and health services should decide and allow our services to be effective and efficient for the sake of babies and the health service.
A lifetime in nursing has left me with a sense of responsibility for our health services and an understanding that centralisation of services is needed at times and not at others.
Dr Morag Campbell
18 Hillside Terrace
Milton of Campsie,
East Dunbartonshire.
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