RDR wrote:By some stage in 2015 the Western and Victoria Infirmary A&E will close leaving large A&Es at GRI and new SGH only.
Do you think that's a bad thing?
My, probably sketchy, understanding is that the A&E consolidations (in the UK, not just Glasgow) have been driven by two things.
First, the European Working Hours directive, which means that you can no longer have semi-comatose junior doctors working insanely long shifts staffing A&E, and secondly the need to concentrate expertise so when you are seen, you're more likely to be seen by someone experienced.
Whilst I can understand the concern in more lightly populated areas where it means that you'll have to travel an extra fifty miles, I can't see how it's - on balance - a bad thing in Glasgow.