Written Question · S4W-16091 · Session 4
What support it is giving to NHS boards in areas where the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) ratio of 1 specialist heart f…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to NHS boards in areas where the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) ratio of 1 specialist heart failure nurse per 100,000 population is not being met.
The answer
While it is NHS boards’ responsibility to plan and deliver services, including specialist nursing services, taking account of national priorities and local needs, we have committed to supporting heart failure services in the following ways:
We are writing to boards to make them aware of the increasing prominence of the issue of heart failure specialist nursing services.
We are working with the British Heart Foundation and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland to bolster the training and expertise of health and social care staff through investing £150,000 in the development of a national Heart-E education programme which will provide online heart failure modules.
This summer we are establishing a Heart Failure Hub which will help us understand how we can better support heart failure nursing services.
We are writing to boards to make them aware of the increasing prominence of the issue of heart failure specialist nursing services.
We are working with the British Heart Foundation and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland to bolster the training and expertise of health and social care staff through investing £150,000 in the development of a national Heart-E education programme which will provide online heart failure modules.
This summer we are establishing a Heart Failure Hub which will help us understand how we can better support heart failure nursing services.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-16091 by reference.