Written Question · S4W-20108 · Session 4
In light of the 2020 Vision objectives that “the person should be at the centre of all decisions” and “people [should be able to] get back …
The question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2020 Vision objectives that “the person should be at the centre of all decisions” and “people [should be able to] get back into their home or community environment as soon as appropriate”, how it will support warfarin patients who want to self-test or self-manage their international normalisation ratio (INR) testing so that they can maintain their condition without the need for frequent or inconvenient hospital or GP visits.
The answer
The Scottish Government’s ambition for NHS Scotland is for a safe, effective and person centred care which enables people to live well at home or in a homely setting. The decision on which drug to take, and if that is warfarin, how best to manage international normalisation ratio testing, should be taken on a case by case basis jointly by people, with their clinicians in line with current evidence which can be found at: http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/129/index.html and: http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/technologies_and_medicines/shtg_-_evidence_notes/evidence_note_50.aspx. They may or may not opt for self testing
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-20108 by reference.