Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve communication between primary and secondary health care.
The Scottish Government recognises that improving communication between primary and secondary health care is an integral part of improving patient care. As part of the Primary Care Transformation Programme a working group has been established that will provide recommendations on a number of topics for improvement, one of which is in relation to the complex interface between primary and secondary care.
In addition as part of the Urgent Care Transformation Programme we are testing a number of different approaches to the multi–disciplinary delivery model recommended in the Sir Lewis Ritchie report “ Pulling Together”. This will include how that multi-disciplinary team will engage and work more closely with secondary care partners.