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Ms Jane Grant Chief Executive Greater and Clyde NHS Board NHS and Clyde Corporate HQ J B Russell House, Gartnavel Royal Campus 1055 Great Western Road GLASGOW. G12 0XH

22 March 2018

RE: Proposal to relocate the Glasgow Adult Haemophilia and Thrombosis Comprehensive Care Centre

Dear Ms Grant,

I am writing further to my letter of 19 March 2018.

I would like to clarify that it was Philip Dolan, in his role as Chair of the West of Scotland Haemophilia Group who brought the proposal to relocate the Glasgow Adult Haemophilia and Thrombosis Comprehensive Care Centre to our attention.

Mr Dolan is meeting with the CEO of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary tomorrow (23 March) and has also called a meeting for patients which will discuss this issue (24 March).

In its work on this issue to date, the West of Scotland Haemophilia Group has stressed its concerns about a lack of patient consultation and their fears that relocation could jeopardise the provision of a full comprehensive care package of services, as this is highly reliant on relationships with other specialties.

Although the West of Scotland Haemophilia Group is not affiliated with Haemophilia Scotland we share many members and are both committed to working closely on this issue. We are grateful to them for being the first to identifying this issue, for taking prompt action to raise it with the hospital management, and for giving local patients an opportunity to come together to discuss the proposal.

I hope this letter gives you a more complete picture of the situation.

Yours sincerely,

Dan Farthing-Sykes CEO, Haemophilia Scotland

Cc’d Philip Dolan, Chair, West of Scotland Haemophilia Group

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