What guidance is given to midwives, health visitors and GPs to enable them to recognise and treat cases of deformational plagiocephaly amon…

Answered Asked by Margaret Smith LD Lodged 13 Jan 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is given to midwives, health visitors and GPs to enable them to recognise and treat cases of deformational plagiocephaly among newborn babies.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 27 Jan 2006 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

No specific guidance is currently given to midwives, health visitors and GPs on recognising and treating deformational plagiocephaly among newborn babies. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-22262 on 27 January 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-22265 by reference.