Marking the First Anniversary of Aberdeen Major Trauma Centre

That the Parliament notes the first anniversary of Scotland’s first Major Trauma Centre, at Foresterhill in Aberdeen, and commends all those involved in its first year of operation; understands that the centre and the wider North of Scotland Trauma Network are designed to improve trauma care in the immediate aftermath of serious injury, improving the likelihood of survival and increasing the prospects of recovery, while benefiting the delivery of health care generally in the city and region; recalls that the Major Trauma Centre was established only once proposals to confine major trauma care to two centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh had been abandoned in May 2016, following a high-profile public campaign in Aberdeen, and congratulates the hospital consultants, NHS staff and trade unions, Aberdeen Trades Union Council and all those involved in that successful campaign, securing the benefits of the Major Trauma Centre for all those living in the north and north east of Scotland.