Question reference: S5W-33231
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 12 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of how many care home residents who have died from COVID-19-related conditions in each week since 23 March 2020 had been moved from a hospital setting, and, if this information is not held centrally, whether, in the interests of transparency, it will consider gathering and publishing such data.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The Scottish Government is working with Public Health Scotland, National Records of Scotland and the wider academic and science community to collect and analyse data to help inform our decision making throughout and beyond the pandemic. We will consider all options for data collection and analysis as we progress through the pandemic.