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We are also talking about realistic medicine. We have all read about it and talked about it on boards, but we are still shying away from having a public conversation about what realistic medicine means for people and their expectations before they go to their GP.
In the context of the on-going work around the Health and Sport Committee’s Inquiry on access to new medicines the Scottish Government has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including the pharmaceutical industry, about how the cost effectiveness of new medicines is evaluated in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2011
The British Association of Perinatal Medicine standards including those relating to nurse staffing will form an integral part of the Scottish Service Standards for Neonatal Care.
r=11957&c=2154122In his evidence to the Committee, Dr Alasdair Corfield, a consultant in emergency medicine from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, was asked for his perspective on the number of dog attacks which were treated by accident and emergency departments in hospitals each year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 August 2019
However, as I indicated in my 26 June statement to Parliament, Dr Veronikis can only practice medicine here in Scotland, and work with our clinicians, once he obtains registration with the GMC.
It is clear to me that, for citizens, trade is about the availability and cost of food in our supermarkets, it is about medicines on our high streets and it is about the safety of goods in our retail shops.
How far that spending goes, however, is constrained by cost of living and inflationary pressures—purchasing food for hospitals, the cost of medicines, dressings and so forth—and pay pressures.