Question reference: S6W-25999
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 6 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether long COVID data from the Scottish Health Survey have been used in the development of its long COVID service design.
Answer
Data from the Scottish Health Survey did not inform the development of ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland's Long Covid service’, published on 30 September 2021. This is because the results of the Scottish Health Survey 2021, which included questions on long COVID for the first time, were published on 8 November 2022.
Responsibility for service delivery rests locally with NHS Boards who configure services taking into account local circumstances and the reasonable needs of their patient populations.