Question reference: S5W-07544
- Date lodged: 24 February 2017
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 March 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist nurses there are caring for people with multiple sclerosis in (a) Lanarkshire and (b) Scotland, and whether it will consider increasing these numbers.
Answer
Information on the number of specialist nurses who are responsible for the delivery of Multiple Sclerosis care is published by ISD Scotland and is available at the following link:-
From our additional investment of £2.5 million in specialist nursing and care, NHS Boards were asked to employ additional clinical nurse specialists by 31 December 2015. NHS Boards are responsible for determining how best to target this general investment and specialisms have included Rheumatology, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s Disease and Paediatric Allergy. NHS Lanarkshire also elected to recruit specialist nurses in the fields of Perinatal Mental Health and Care of Older People.