It is important to recognise that the best start project started in 2018, it has taken evidence from experts on the clinical side, and it is those experts whose advice we are following. Originally, we had eight neonatal units. The number was reduced to five. The next stage, which was reviewed in 2022, involved going down to three.

I am happy to meet the unit staff at

Wishaw general hospital

. However, it is important that officials continue to meet with the services there and with parents of patients who are involved with the service. We have very much involved Bliss Scotland in all the work that we have been doing; it represents parents who have experienced what must be an incredibly traumatic time in their lives.