Question reference: S5W-35751
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 4 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35100 by Mairi Gougeon on 18 February 2021, in light of the delay of the reviews of the SIGN guidelines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, what consideration it has given to Healthcare Improvement Scotland providing temporary endorsement for NHS Scotland to follow the current NICE guidelines.
Answer
Where there is no SIGN guideline on a particular topic, the Scottish Government expect healthcare professionals to look for another high quality, evidence-based guideline (e.g NICE, RCP, RCEM). This was the expectation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be the position throughout the pandemic.