Question reference: S6W-24561
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 17 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to monitor equity of access to prehabilitation for cancer patients (a) nationally and (b) in comparison to other UK nations, and at what intervals the figures will be published.
Answer
Cancer prehabilitation is a complex, multi-modal intervention and personalised to suit individual need. It is not achieved through accessing a single service, nor is it likely to be delivered in a single setting. As such, no single mechanism or metric has been identified for measuring equity of access across Scotland, the UK or internationally. Instead proxy measured are used, such as numbers referred to a specific service/intervention and uptake and/or adherence.
The Centre for Sustainable Delivery is leading improvement work that will define core outcome measures for cancer prehabilitation in Scotland, and where possible this will include activity data.