Question reference: S5W-25579
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 1 October 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 November 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will acknowledge and reply to the letter of 22 April 2019 from the Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, Professor Mark Chaplain, which set out a mathematical and scientific assessment of the breast cancer dosages in NHS Tayside.
Answer
Professor Chaplain’s letter was received and carefully considered by the Scottish Government following the publication of the Immediate Review Group report into the clinical management of breast cancer in Tayside. The letter was shared with the Independent Advisory Group, set up to advise on the implementation of recommendations made by the Immediate Review Group and Healthcare Improvement Scotland, for further consideration. We have apologised to Prof Chaplain that we did not respond directly upon receipt of his letter.