Jonathan Best: Last News

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Nurses at the Vale hospital are being redeployed to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to tackle a rising number of people needing critical care due to Covid.In an email seen by the Lennox Herald, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) chief Jonathan Best confirmed the move is temporary and is due to intensive care units (ICU) “becoming very busy”.A meeting took place at the Vale of Leven Hospital yesterday (Monday) with affected staff asked to volunteer.In the message, Jonathan Best, chief operating officer of the acute services division, states that “any staff movement will be temporary and due to ICUs becoming very busy across GGC.”He wrote:

Hospital campaigners will quiz health chiefs over controversial changes to a vital service tomorrow (Wednesday).Jim Moohan, chair of Hospitalwatch, will be meeting NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde director Marie Farrell and chief operating officer Jonathan Best to discuss the Vale of Leven Hospital’s GP out-of-hours service.It comes two weeks after the health board announced the closure-fraught service is now permanently by appointment only – prompting campaigner outrage.The change means residents will need to phone NHS24 on 111 in the first instance and will either receive a telephone consultation from a clinician or will be asked to attend an urgent primary care centre at an allocated time.The board also says that anyone who turns up without