A TB Action Plan For Scotland: ANNUAL REPORT / 2013

6. Recommendations

The following are key recommendations for 2013-2014.

1. The goal of A TB Action Plan for Scotland clearly defined as: 'To eliminate, by 2050, TB as a public health problem (incidence <1 per million population)'.

2. A national group develop a framework to manage implementation and monitor progress towards this goal.

3. A national multidisciplinary group and Boards prioritise audit topics and develop standard audit tools for use by Boards.

4. A national multidisciplinary group coordinate Boards' pilots of latent TB case finding/screening among new entrants and migrants, develop evidence based recommendations/standards for national implementation, and, submit a business case to the Scottish Government to support this.

5. The Scottish Government collaborate with the RCGP to develop an electronic toolkit to promote identification of active and latent TB in migrants and new entrants in Primary Care.

6. The TB Action Plan Monitoring Group strengthen linkages to other policy areas such as long term conditions, primary care, health improvement (smoking, alcohol, diet), mental health, occupational health and the third sector. This will help to provide holistic care where TB is one of several health issues facing vulnerable populations.

7. A national multidisciplinary group and Boards develop approaches for the identification and management of TB cases among those at risk due to excess alcohol intake.

8. A national multidisciplinary group identify clear steps and submit a business case for the development of electronic surveillance of TB.

9. The Scottish Government support the establishment of a national multidisciplinary TB network and support one annual study day and one annual thematic workshop day for multidisciplinary teams across Scotland.

10. Future annual reports be published jointly by the Scottish Government and HPS.