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Parliamentary Questions
S3W-576 - Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland)(Lab)(Date Lodged 6 June 2007):
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that the 40,000 Scots with epilepsy have access to the medical treatment that they require.
Answered by Shona Robison (14 June 2007):
The SIGN Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in adults (Guideline 70) and in children and young people (Guideline 81) set out the best evidence relating to the management of epilepsy. NHS boards are expected to implement these Guidelines through local protocols.
Epilepsy is one of the conditions covered in the Quality & Outcomes Framework of the new GMS contract, and this incentivises general practices to maintain a register of people with epilepsy and to review their management on a regular basis.
In conjunction with Epilepsy Scotland, we have encouraged the development of epilepsy Managed Clinical Networks as a way of promoting the integration of services across primary, secondary and tertiary care. The Networks use the SIGN Guidelines as their evidence base, and also give a strong voice in the development of services to those with epilepsy and their families and carers.
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland has been undertaking preliminary work on the provision of neurological services in Scotland which will lead to the development of standards for services for all neurological conditions, including epilepsy
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