Question reference: S5W-16116
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 23 April 2018
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 4 May 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are diagnosed with Huntington’s disease in each (a) NHS board and (b) local authority area, also expressed as a figure per 10,000 of the population.
Answer
This information is not collected or held centrally.
The National Advisory Committee on Neurological Conditions is developing Scotland's first National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions. As part of this project we are working closely with NHS National Services Scotland Information Services Division to understand the prevalence of neurological conditions and will share our findings during consultation events later this year.