Resuming care and support for people
This could include resumption of some NHS and community support services that were suspended as part of the emergency response to coronavirus, including some elective procedures and screening services.
Why the contribution is important
The Scottish Government has committed to engaging with the public and is interested to hear your thoughts on this topic.
by ScottishGovernment on May 04, 2020 at 08:21PM
Posted by Jane May 05, 2020 at 12:54
This will build public confidence in health and social care services returning to caring for all who need them.
There are still some outstanding matters re special measures at QUEH so transparency on those should be included
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Posted by brianfox May 05, 2020 at 13:42
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Posted by Nel5 May 05, 2020 at 13:50
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Posted by LWallaceArran May 05, 2020 at 13:58
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Posted by lesleyw85 May 05, 2020 at 14:16
My Mother is currently waiting for a knee replacement and due to the Covid Situation had her operation cancelled. This is now having a detriment affect on her mobility and as such had a fall, causing more to her wrist.
Surely this can be looked at as it can be contained and done safely.
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Posted by ChrisHutchings May 05, 2020 at 14:44
Home carers would need to have the number of houses they visit reduced as much as possible - there is no reason why someone should have two or three different carers visit through the day.
England has had some success with moving non-Covid-related NHS care to private hospitals - perhaps this could be repeated in the more populated areas of Scotland, with (e.g.) one hospital in Edinburgh designated only for people without Covid symptoms.
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Posted by weec May 05, 2020 at 14:54
This will also perhaps relieve pressure on the NHS mental health services when we do come out of lock-down and resume normal care services.
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Posted by Pilot May 05, 2020 at 16:16
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Posted by sciuro May 05, 2020 at 16:20
i'd also like to see some social care reintroduced for those who need it - perhaps not to full levels yet, but something. my mother is really struggling looking after my father with advanced alzheimer's. she's gone from two daily social care visits and all offspring and grandchildren visiting regularly for both mental and physical support to having a bag of shopping left on the doorstep twice a week.
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Posted by rich_b May 05, 2020 at 16:28
We have been consistently told over the past 2 months it is the public's responsibility to protect the NHS, what about the government's responsibility? Surely they are now duty bound to plan a future that ensures the long term sustainability and benefit of these sectors for the communities and not profit.
Here are 2 articles, from the British Medical Journal and the Scottish Centre for European Relations respectively to help illustrate the point:
https://www.scer.scot/database/ident-12745
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1465
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Posted by Qwe123 May 05, 2020 at 17:19
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Posted by DouglasB May 05, 2020 at 17:42
Could Scotland perhaps not take a lead and start initiating electronic monitoring via the new bracelets readily available ? A high percentage of the non-infectious workloads, through diabetes, obesity, etc, could perhaps be addressed by remote monitoring. People have generally reacted well to remote 'doctoring' over the telephone, could this not be extended, so that those who wish to improve themselves get a monitoring device for activities & for stress, in addition to which the modern bracelets can then tie in with proposed blue-tooth apps & assist in isolation procedures.
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Posted by Salr May 06, 2020 at 23:15
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Posted by DebbieD May 07, 2020 at 09:21
Research should be commissioned into the changing behaviour for attending A&E during lockdown should be commissioned to understand if there was more appropriate use of the service.
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Posted by jade1760 May 07, 2020 at 10:25
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Posted by pdm May 07, 2020 at 14:00
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Posted by roobie May 08, 2020 at 09:24
Some hospitals, if not already implemented, should be designated non Covid hospitals for cancer/other care and investigations.
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