Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the news release of 30 December 2025 by the University of Dundee, Mobile Stroke Units could reduce emergency department transfers by 86%, whether it plans to adopt Professor Iris Grunwald’s proposal for a mobile stroke unit to ease pressure on emergency services, in light of the impact of the unit introduced by the professor in England.
The Scottish Ambulance Service is currently reviewing the evidence around the use of Mobile Stroke Units in England and beyond. Once this review is complete, it will be shared with the Scottish Government and the National Advisory Committee for Stroke (NACS) to help inform decisions around the feasibility of a Mobile Stroke Unit trial in Scotland.