Question reference: S3W-02368
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 July 2007
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Current status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 August 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the availability is of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in each NHS board area.
Answer
All NHS boards have accessto DEXA scanning. It should be noted however that patients in Forth Valleytravel to either Glasgow or Edinburgh. In Orkney and Shetland, patients travelto NHS Grampian and in the Western Isles, patients travel to Highland NHS.