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Rural healthcare inquiry at Scottish Parliament call for evidence closes on 11 August
Wednesday 9 August 2023 - 09:20
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee at the Scottish Parliament is planning an inquiry into healthcare in remote and rural areas and want to hear from the public about what they should focus their inquiry on.
You can have your say by using the Scottish Parliament’s Your Priorities platform to answer the following question:
What are the most important issues that the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee should look at in its inquiry into healthcare in rural and remote areas?
Participants are invited to add their ideas and issues to the platform and also to rate and comment on other ideas which have already been submitted. This will give the committee an indication of the issues relating to healthcare in rural and remote areas that matter most to people, and support wider community engagement with people living in these areas of Scotland.
Issues already raised include patient transport for people living in island communities, look into the use of travelling doctors to provide more frequent home visits to patients in remote and rural areas, young people's mental health and wellbeing, the value of Third Sector Services in Healthcare and many more.
The call for evidence closes on 11 August.