The representatives of the Scottish Government this morning were quite disappointing but the committee were very good. Not really letting them off the hook. They mentioned setting up a working group and were very concerned by the poor attitude of some doctors to people with M.E. and wanted to change that. I missed the very beginning but they seemed to also be organising a proper 'count' of people with M.E. organised by official data collectors, similar to ONS I suppose.Interesting. The co-existence of the Scottish Parliament (which I assume is led by SNP) and the UK Parliament, with SNP members, may add a layer of complexity to what is going on. Presumably the SNP-run Scottish Parliament decides on health care policy in Scotland (which is independent of NICE) and presumably it is in tune with SNP health representatives at Westminster. The Scottish Parliament seems to have taken seriously Emma Shorter's petition, and it sounds as if the SNP health lead at Westminster is aware of the material there.
Should we be expecting Scotland to announce some sort of policy shift in relation to treatments first? I don't remember this being raised but I may have missed it.
ETA changed Parliament to Government
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