How it will ensure that patients receiving paediatric care at hospital who self-test or self-manage their international normalisation ratio…

Answered Asked by Richard Lyle SNP Lodged 11 Mar 2014

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that patients receiving paediatric care at hospital who self-test or self-manage their international normalisation ratio (INR) testing and who receive warfarin are supported when moving to adult anticoagulation services regardless of where they live.

The answer

Answered by Alex Neil on 21 Mar 2014 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

Local protocols for the delivery of models of anticoagulation management vary across Scotland, but are in line with Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Guideline 129 Antithrombotics: indications and management published in June 2013. At transition from paediatric care into adult services, ongoing warfarin management (including self testing) would be agreed as part of the overall plan of healthcare.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-20110 by reference.