Question reference: S5W-23909
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 19 June 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 July 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on setting up a regional or national blood testing centre in the NHS Grampian area, and what support it can offer toward this.
Answer
NHS National Services Scotland’s National Services Division (NSD) commission and manage nationally designated specialist services in Scotland. Proposals may be submitted to the National Specialist Services Committee throughout the year.
NSD already commissions the Scottish Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Infections Reference Laboratory. The service, hosted by NHS Highland, provides specialist diagnostic testing for Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections and provides a reference service function for the whole of Scotland.