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Public Petitions Committee 01 March 2016

01 Mar 2016 · S4 · Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Continued Petitions
Pernicious Anaemia and Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Understanding and Treatment) (PE1408)
Smith, Elaine Lab Coatbridge and Chryston Watch on SPTV
Before the committee closes the petition, I want to draw members’ attention to the links with the thyroid petition and the testing of B12. Such testing is often not done fully for thyroid patients and that is quite a problem for them.

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The Convener Lab
PE1408, by Andrea McArthur, is on updating the understanding and treatment of pernicious anaemia and vitamin B12 deficiency. What are members’ views?
Kenny MacAskill (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) SNP
There has been welcome progress, if I can put it that way.
The Convener Lab
There is nothing that remains outstanding. We seem to have reached the end of correspondence that we can be involved in.
Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (SNP) SNP
The paper from the clerk notes that we could alert the Scottish Government and the Scottish Haematology Society to the petitioner’s latest response. That sug...
The Convener Lab
We could do that and close the petition.
Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab) Lab
Before the committee closes the petition, I want to draw members’ attention to the links with the thyroid petition and the testing of B12. Such testing is of...
The Convener Lab
That is something that we could take on board when we consider the petition on thyroid testing and treatment. Do you think that there is more that we need ...
John Wilson Ind
There is. It might just be me, but I seem to be reading the petitioner’s response differently. On page 2 of her response, the petitioner indicates that there...
The Convener Lab
On that basis, we cannot close the petition, because there is still some correspondence to be had with the Government. We can put that in the legacy paper an...