Question reference: S5W-22754
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 23 April 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 May 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, following its pilot in NHS Lothian, what steps it is taking to support a national roll-out of the mental health screening programme for children with epilepsy.
Answer
The PAVES – (Psychology Adding Value: Epilepsy Screening) project in NHS Lothian was awarded funding for two years from the Value Improvement Fund in October 2018. The purpose of this fund is to enable health boards to take forward initiatives which seek to deliver value-based healthcare. Only six months of this two year project have been completed. However, should the project evaluate well when it comes to an end in October 2020, NHS Lothian has committed to continue to support the project’s further rollout.
If the project evaluates well and achieves its intended outcomes, the Scottish Government will also promote implementation of the learning from this project nationally via the Realistic Medicine website and consider other actions it can take with its mental health strategy.