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Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-23828
Thursday 4th January 2024

Asked by: Baillie, Jackie (Scottish Labour - Dumbarton)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support women with ovarian cancer in rural and remote areas, where access to treatment may be lacking.

Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health

The Scottish Government wants cancer patients to be treated as close to home as clinically appropriate. However, as treatments for some cancers become more complex and expensive, it becomes impossible to deliver them in every location.

Cancer services require a highly specialised workforce. In order to ensure the future sustainability of our services, we published our ten-year Cancer Strategy in which we have committed to modelling cancer workforce requirements and continue to grow the number of training places to expand our workforce.

As part of the Scottish Government’s work to develop a sustainable healthcare workforce, we continue to look for opportunities to increase levels of recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in rural areas and will develop a Rural Workforce Recruitment Strategy by the end of 2024. This will support employers to ensure that the health and social care needs of people, including women with ovarian cancer who live in rural communities, are met.


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Constitution Directorate

Dec. 16 2023

Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300344494 - Information release (PDF)

Found: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Daily Express (Scotl and) 21 I was saved from cancer ... now others may be too


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Public Health England (PHE)

Dec. 11 2023

Source Page: SACN vitamin D and health report
Document: SACN vitamin D and health report (PDF)

Found: SACN vitamin D and health report


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Dec. 06 2023

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 4 December 2023
Document: Latest version of JSP 950 (PDF)

Found: Uterine and ovarian tumour s.


Select Committee
Men's Health Forum
IMH0070 - Men's health

Written Evidence Nov. 29 2023

Inquiry: Men's health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: IMH0070 - Men's health Men's Health Forum Written Evidence


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards

Nov. 28 2023

Source Page: Clinical Impact Awards 2022: personal statements
Document: Personal statements from new Clinical Impact Award holders in the 2022 round (PDF)

Found: patients, starting with ovarian and breast cancer patients.


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Women’s Health Champion - Tue 21 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: None and reproductive health services. - Speech Link
2: None and reproductive health services. - Speech Link
3: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) Is that holistic way of looking at things uniquely missing from women’s health services or does it reflect - Speech Link
4: None I might put breast cancer quite high up, and ovarian cancer. - Speech Link


Written Question
Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
Thursday 26th October 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch an awareness campaign on abdominal and urological symptoms of ovarian cancer.

Answered by Will Quince

NHS England is currently running a ‘Help us Help you’ campaign highlighting the abdominal and urological symptoms of cancer, including ovarian cancer, and addressing the barriers that stop people from accessing services in the National Health Service.

It encourages the public to contact their general practitioner if they're worried about symptoms, such as “tummy discomfort or diarrhoea that lasts for three weeks or more, or if they've seen blood in their pee even once”.


Select Committee
The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, and Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester University NHST Trust
WRH0050 - Women's reproductive health

Written Evidence Oct. 19 2023

Inquiry: Women's reproductive health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: WRH0050 - Women's reproductive health The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester, and


Select Committee
Royal College of General Practitioners
WRH0034 - Women's reproductive health

Written Evidence Oct. 19 2023

Inquiry: Women's reproductive health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: WRH0034 - Women's reproductive health Royal College of General Practitioners Written Evidence