Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with NHS Tayside regarding mental health services, in particular the proposed move of inpatient learning disability services from Strathmartine Centre in Dundee to Murray Royal Hospital in Perth, in light of the comment by the First Minister on 20 November 2025 in which he stated that he would “give…an undertaking that I will review the issue in January, once I have seen the conclusions of the work that NHS Tayside has committed to doing...I will return to it once I see what progress has been made by December”.
The First Minister was briefed further in January 2026 on the proposed move of inpatient learning disability services from Strathmartine Centre in Dundee to Murray Royal Hospital in Perth. He asked that I wrote to all opposition parties to provide an update. This letter issued on 28 January 2026 and was also shared with all local MSPs.