Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01056 · Session 3

Deep vein thrombosis

Closed Submitted 15 May 2007 Health
Signatures
143
Comments
0
Considered
10 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce mandatory assessment tools for all health boards for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT); to ensure commonality of patient guidance information regarding DVT; and to introduce a newborn screening programme for the Factor V gene, which has been shown to increase susceptibility to DVT.

What the petitioner did first

The persons approached prior to submission of this petition are:

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, Mr Andrew Kerr MSP, Ms Annabel Goldie MSP, Mrs Trish Godman MSP, Mrs Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Mr Euan Robson MSP, Mrs Shona Robison MSP. The Scottish Executive Health Department Directorate of Primary Care and Community Care.

Relevant background can be found on GOOGLE and typing "katie mcpherson dvt" and also S.P.S.O. case references 200402133 and 200501127.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 2 Oct 2007
    2 mentions
  2. 29 Jan 2008
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 13 May 2008
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  4. 16 Dec 2008
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  5. 2 Jun 2009
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  6. 11 Jan 2011
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  7. 25 Jan 2011
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  8. 8 Mar 2011
    2 mentions
  9. 28 Jun 2011
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    3 mentions
  10. 13 Sep 2011
    1 mention

Signatures by country

No online signatures are recorded for this petition; the total above may include paper signatures.

Comments

No public comments.