Written Question · S3W-32083 · Session 3
How it will ensure that everyone with Parkinson’s disease has access to a Parkinson's disease nurse specialist.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that everyone with Parkinson’s disease has access to a Parkinson's disease nurse specialist.
The answer
Standard 17 of the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) Clinical Standards for Neurological Health Services requires an effective and comprehensive Parkinson''s disease service to be delivered through a multidisciplinary team, including a Parkinson''s disease nurse specialist. Standard 18.2 is that patients with Parkinson''s disease and their carers are provided with ongoing access to a Parkinson''s Disease Nurse Specialist.
At the same time as the formal launch of the clinical standards, on 21 January 2010, NHS QIS published an Implementation and Improvement Support Plan to assist NHS boards in achieving the standards. It is complemented by the work of the Scottish Government''s Neurological Services Task & Finish Group, issued to NHSScotland as CEL 3 (2010) on 4 February 2010.
At the same time as the formal launch of the clinical standards, on 21 January 2010, NHS QIS published an Implementation and Improvement Support Plan to assist NHS boards in achieving the standards. It is complemented by the work of the Scottish Government''s Neurological Services Task & Finish Group, issued to NHSScotland as CEL 3 (2010) on 4 February 2010.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-32083 by reference.