Question reference: S6W-00579
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 9 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment that, by 2025, all adults who require rehabilitation will be able to access the necessary information and services, what action it is taking to ensure that people affected by aphasia following a stroke can access ongoing support in the community.
Answer
Our overall vision is for everyone with rehabilitation needs to be able to access the care and support they need to live well, on their own terms. Work is underway to deliver the Framework for supporting people through Recovery and Rehabilitation during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic. This puts in place clear principles, priorities and objectives to support planning to meet increasing demand and to provide high quality person-centred rehabilitation in different settings.
In addition, as part of our Programme for Government stroke commitments to develop a programme to improve stroke pathways and services, recommendations are being developed to ensure that all those who experience communication disorders following a stroke are assessed by a speech and language therapist and; are provided with an individualised rehabilitation programme using a range of evidence based interventions.
This will be evaluated as part of the national stroke care audit and services within NHS Health and Social Care Partnerships will be reviewed on an annual basis by the Scottish Government Stroke Improvement Team.