That the Parliament acknowledges the findings of research conducted by the University of Aberdeen, in conjunction with NHS Grampian, which shows that consistent undertreatment of women with cardiovascular disease may have led to preventable heart attacks, stroke and deaths; notes that, according to the study, women with heart or circulatory disorders were 30 to 50% less likely to be treated with preventative medicine in comparison to men; understands that this is the first study of its kind to examine cardiovascular disease over an extended period of time, with data analysed from over 25,000 participants over the course of 25 years, to identify patterns in long-term health outcomes and how they differ between the sexes; notes that research by the team, led by Dr Tiberiu Pana, Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at the University and Internal Medicine Training Doctor with NHS Grampian, was published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology; understands that heart disease is a leading cause of death for women in Scotland; believes that this research highlights that delineating between sex differences within the same population may be crucial in understanding inequalities in healthcare for women, and applauds the work of the research team at the University of Aberdeen for its ongoing work in this area.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Mark Ruskell, Colin Smyth, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle