Question reference: S6W-07057
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 4 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on facilitating care for people, who are living with an eating disorder, at specialist centres in other parts of the UK, when treatment provided by NHS Scotland has not improved a patient's health in the long term.
Answer
On rare occasions, where patients require very specialist treatment that cannot be provided in Scotland, cross border transfers are used to facilitate care and treatment in other parts of the UK. Decisions about cross border transfers to specialist centres in other parts of the UK are a clinical decision that needs to be discussed and agreed with the involvement of the patient and their family, taking into account a range of factors.