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Written Question · S5W-26365 · Session 5

Further to its submission of 15 October 2019 to the Public Petitions Committee in response to PE01710, whether it will confirm which care h…

Answered Asked by Miles Briggs Con Lodged 12 Nov 2019

The question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its submission of 15 October 2019 to the Public Petitions Committee in response to PE01710, whether it will confirm which care homes provide specialist care for people with neurological conditions.

The answer

Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 Nov 2019 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

As at 31 December 2018, there were ten care homes stating in their annual returns to the Care Inspectorate that their main provision of care was for people with neurological conditions (other than dementia). The ten care homes are listed below along with their local authority area.
Service Name
Local Authority
Dee View Court
Aberdeen City
Leonard Cheshire Disability
- Alemoor Crescent
City of Edinburgh
Leuchie House
East Lothian
Linlathen Neurodisability Centre
Dundee City
Marchglen Care Centre
Clackmannanshire
Quarriers
- Ashgrove / Glen Valley
Inverclyde
Quarriers Finnart Street
Inverclyde
Robert Allan Unit
Fife
The Huntercombe Services
- Murdostoun Neurodisability Centre
North Lanarkshire
The Manor Care Centre
Highland
In addition to these care homes, 330 care homes stated in their annual returns that they could provide care for people with neurological conditions (other than dementia). The Care Inspectorate does not have information on the degree of neurological specialised care that is provided.
Furthermore many care homes provide specialist care for people with dementia which is a progressive neurological condition.
The information provided is based on annual returns for 31 December 2018 to the Care Inspectorate. Please note that the data may not be completed by all services and the data collected is not verified in any way.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-26365 by reference.