Question reference: S6W-25563
- Asked by: Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 15 February 2024 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 14 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether existing criteria for conducting medical assessments of public sector workers with long COVID, in relation to ill health retirement pension applications, reflect that long COVID clinics do not exist in some areas of Scotland, and, if not, what action it can take to ensure that this is the case.
Answer
Existing procedures for medical assessments reflect that a scheme member should not be refused ill health retirement solely because they had not attended a long COVID clinic.