We have eight current petitions to consider. I will start with PE1056 on deep vein thrombosis. I ask members for comments and refer them to the note by the clerk on the options that are available to us. I also point out that there is an additional paper, which members should consult.
Official Report · Committee
Current Petitions
Deep Vein Thrombosis (PE1056)
Speakers
Choose an MSP to read only their contributions- David Stewart Lab 5
- Nanette Milne Con 3
- Sandra White SNP 3
The record
11 contributionsThis is a long-standing and extremely important petition. I share, to some extent, the frustration that comes through in Gordon McPherson’s later note to us. Guideline 122 already has a risk assessment tool within it, but it appears that a further delay is being proposed until a meeting of medical directors is held in September to allow boards to share their work regarding all boards developing risk assessment tools. One of the petition’s aims was to get a common assessment tool across health boards, so that all sufferers of this potentially fatal condition are treated in the same way. We should do what Gordon McPherson suggests in his letter; if the meeting is not going to be held until September, we should hold the petition over until after we have heard the medical directors’ decision. It is far too important an issue for us to let go of it.
Nanette Milne is right. The issue has been raised on numerous occasions; Trish Godman had a debate in Parliament on it and there is PE1056. Although not all the issues have been addressed, there has been movement on a number of them, as can be seen from the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy. Trish Godman proposed that leaflets be produced to make people much more aware and so on, and there is certainly movement on that. Taking on board the convener’s comments about committees just starting up, I wonder whether it would be a good idea to pass the petition to the Health and Sport Committee at an early stage, because we should not forget that we will be in recess soon, so it might be November or December before the petition gets to that committee. Work is being done on the matter, so it might also be a good idea to pass the petition to the Health and Sport Committee and ask it to get a letter itself from the medical directors committee.
I should flag up that—as members are probably aware—the legacy report from the previous Public Petitions Committee recommended that course of action.As no other members wish to comment, I put that point to Nanette Milne.
I do not disagree with Sandra White’s suggestion. It is just a question of whether we wait until September or do it now and flag it up that a decision will be made in September. I do not mind when we do it.
We could certainly say that to the Health and Sport Committee. It will be aware that the report is coming out anyway, so we could ask it to pay special attention to it.
There is probably a strong argument for referring the petition to the Health and Sport Committee at this stage, because that would also satisfy Nanette Milne’s objective of trying to get things moving. It is important that we forward some petitions to committees now, because their work programmes have not yet been set in stone and we will probably not get that opportunity in later years.
Or in later months.
Indeed. That is a good point.Is everyone happy to refer PE1056 to the Health and Sport Committee?Members indicated agreement.
Yes—we could do so with a note to look out for the decision.
Yes. The clerks will ensure that that piece of information is highlighted.
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