Question reference: S6W-26450
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 25 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people on average have been on waiting lists for community-based palliative care in each NHS board area in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested is not centrally available.
We are developing a new Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy which has an overarching aim that everyone in Scotland receives well-coordinated, timely and high-quality palliative care, care around death and bereavement support based on their needs and preferences, including support for families and carers. The strategy will cover children and adults, and care provided in all settings including in the community.
We have established a number of working groups to support the development of the strategy including a Children and Young People’s Palliative Care Working Group and we have completed a mapping survey of paediatric and neonatal palliative care provision to inform the development and delivery of the strategy.