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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-33331

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 15 January 2025
  • Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 January 2025

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has identified the next priorities for the improvement of neurological care and support; if so, what these priorities are; what funding it will put towards achieving them, and over what time period.


Answer

Priorities for the Scottish Government are:

  • national implementation of the Scottish Epilepsy Register,
  • further adoption of successful approaches to improving services through the neurological conditions network,
  • continued improvements in provision of ‘social support’ and psychological services for people with neurological conditions,
  • continued development and adoption of condition specific care pathways,
  • continued development and adoption of approaches to workforce planning and training for nursing, pharmacy, neuropsychology allied health professionals, and neurophysiology.

This work will be considered as part of the development of the Long Term Conditions Strategy due to be published later this year. Any required funding will be considered during the 2025-26 budget deliberations.