WESTERN Isles MSP Alasdair Allan has written to the chief executives of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and NHS Western Isles urging them to respect the ‘overwhelming and seemingly unanimous view’ of people in Uist that plans for a single dental hub should be abandoned.
The redesign of dental services was discussed at last week’s meeting of the Western Isles Integrated Joint Board, whose members were evenly split on an amendment put forward by Councillor Paul Steele not to proceed with the hub model and to instead explore the development of a three-site model. It is now for the chief executives of the comhairle and NHS Western Isles to come to a joint decision on that amendment.
Dr Allan said: ‘Since these proposals were first put forward, I have made numerous representations on behalf of the communities in Uist.