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Guidance to local health, housing and social care partnerships on accessing the Reshaping Care Change Fund was issued on 23 December 2010. This set a clear expectation on partnerships to include Third and independent sector partners in preparing and agreeing their Change Plans.

All partnerships have now submitted local Change Plans to the Scottish Government. A report on these plans will be considered by the Ministerial Strategic Group (MSG) on Health and Community Care at its meeting on 15 March. The MSG will take into account the governance arrangements described by partnerships, and we will be in touch with all partnerships shortly thereafter.

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing wrote to all NHS board chairs on 10 February 2011 asking them that, when a patient has been deemed fit for discharge and subsequently dies before the discharge can take place, the board medical director ensures the circumstances are reviewed and reported to boards as part of their clinical governance arrangements.

J Walker (Leith) Limited were the developers contracted for the construction of the Blawarthill project.

The general purpose of the review will be to determine the ongoing need for NHS continuing care provision in the west of Glasgow, and to carefully consider the service options for providing this care, including maintaining the service currently provided by St Margaret''s of Scotland Hospice.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39637 on 10 March 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

I expect all health boards to conduct robust NHS service reviews which are sensitive to local needs and priorities whilst being consistent with national policies, guidelines and frameworks.

I understand that the last meeting took place on 1 November 2010, although there has been correspondence between both parties since then. Most recently, the Chair of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde wrote to the Chair of St Margaret''s of Scotland Hospice on 21 February to arrange a meeting to discuss the services the hospice provides in light of recent developments around the Blawarthill project, and the NHS board''s subsequent review of continuing care provision for the West of Glasgow.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde expects to conclude the review by the end of this summer.

It is right that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde “ which is responsible for providing healthcare services that meet the needs of local people, whilst being consistent with national policies, frameworks and guidance “ robustly review the provision of NHS continuing care in the West of Glasgow, in light of the recent developments around the Blawarthill project.

This will involve carefully considering whether the continuing care beds currently provided by St Margaret''s of Scotland Hospice should be maintained. To this end, the Chair of the NHS board wrote to the chair of St Margaret''s on 21 February to propose a meeting in the near future.

This announcement does not generate any new Barnett consequentials. Scotland has already received the full consequentials on the Department of Health''s spending review settlement in England, and we have already confirmed that all of these resources will be invested in the health sector and frontline services.