Question reference: S6W-13361
- Date lodged: 19 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the publication, Neurological Conditions: estimating the prevalence in Scotland of selected conditions using General Practice and Hospital Admissions datasets, for what reasons there are no data on the prevalence of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) from (a) NHS Highland and (b) NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Answer
NHS Ayrshire & Arran and NHS Highland did not participate in the extraction of data from the Scottish Primary Care Information Resource (SPIRE), so we were unable to provide general practice data on the prevalence of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for these Boards.