Parliamentary questions
Craig Hoy
1,298 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
28 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish any correspondence that it has (a) received from and (b) sent to dental organisations, regarding the multiplier payment, since March 2022.
Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government publishes relevant correspondence to dental organisations regarding the multiplier payment on www.scottishdental.org . Notes from recent meetings with dental organisations are shared here as well. However, correspondence received by …
28 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to smoking cessation services in 2023-24.
Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government provides funding annually to Health Boards for smoking cessation and prevention services. The funding is provided as part of a wider Outcomes Framework allocation, whereby budget is provided to Health Boards to cover a range of outcome…
28 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the review of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus (SHBBV) Services Framework, as set out in its publication, Reset and Rebuild: A Recovery Plan for Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Services, published in August 2021.
Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government is currently working with key stakeholders to finalise a new Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus (SHBBV) Strategy, which will supersede the SHBBV Framework published in 2015. The new Strategy will be published in Spring 2023, and will…
28 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to Integration Joint Boards in each financial year since 2015-16.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government receives quarterly financial reporting from IJBs which includes information on the funding received from their Local Government and NHS partners. The reports consolidate information already in the public domain as published by individu…
28 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how much funding has been provided to council-owned care homes for older people in each financial year since 2007-08.
Answer · Maree Todd: The most recent data available for 2021-22 shows a total of £251.391 million gross expenditure on Care Homes run directly by the council for Adult Social Care. We don’t have information on whether the council’s owned these Care Homes which they ran directly. …
22 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13799 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is committed to investing in Changing Places Toilets during this parliamentary term, in order to increase the number of these facilities across the country and to support mobile Changing Places Toilets to allow people easier access to …
22 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13795 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is committed to investing in Changing Places Toilets during this parliamentary term, in order to increase the number of these facilities across the country and to support mobile Changing Places Toilets to allow people easier access to …
22 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13796 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is committed to investing in Changing Places Toilets during this parliamentary term, in order to increase the number of these facilities across the country and to support mobile Changing Places Toilets to allow people easier access to …
22 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13797 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, whether it will provide an update on when further details will be available.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is committed to investing in Changing Places Toilets during this parliamentary term, in order to increase the number of these facilities across the country and to support mobile Changing Places Toilets to allow people easier access to …
15 Mar 2023 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what contact the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans has had with the leadership team of Police Scotland since January 2023.
13 Mar 2023 · First Minister's Question
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government has made any assessment of the effect that long A&E waits have on patient mortality.
9 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of GP practices are using personal lists.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government does not hold that information: while patients can always request to see a particular GP, it is up to GP practices how they facilitate this and GP practices are not required to share this information with their Health Boards or the Sco…
1 Mar 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have failed to respond to a jury citation in each year since 2017 and, of these, how many were fined.
Answer · Keith Brown: This information is not held centrally.
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13966 by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2023, how much it has spent each year on advertising the service.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Spend for traditional marketing of the Near Me video consulting service was predominantly undertaken through local Health Boards responsible for ensuring the service is appropriately advertised. Wider communication and promotion of the service has been taken …
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13965 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2023, whether it will release the information that it holds on this matter.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Scottish Government have published the data requested from NearForm's Management Information on SPICe reference 63965.
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established nationally-agreed pathways of care for heart disease, and, if so, what (a) these include and (b) resources it provides to support their implementation.
Answer · Maree Todd: Work is underway to develop a number of cardiac pathways. These will be shared with the Heart Disease Task Force for their review and support prioritisation of work in 2023-2024.
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) improve access to data relevant to, (b) agree indicators to support data mapping for and (c) support the streamlining and standardisation of information currently collected for heart disease.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14685 on 7 March 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at Questions and answers | Scottish Parliament Websit…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with Public Health Scotland to deliver a cardiac audit programme with a governance structure to support the audit and improvement of services for people with heart disease, and, as part of this programme, whether it is supporting the development of a wider range …
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14685 on ? 6 March 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committ…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) meets the needs of people with heart disease, and how it is ensuring the delivery of access to computerised CBT across all cardiac rehabilitation and specialist cardiac nursing services nationally.
Answer · Maree Todd: We have significantly increased access to digital mental health treatments, products and services since the first cCBT treatment was rolled out in 2017. We now have 27 different computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) treatments available across all…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to (a) develop and (b) improve data collection for (i) high cholesterol, (ii) high blood pressure and (iii) atrial fibrillation at a (A) national and (B) regional level.
Answer · Maree Todd: In April 2021, Scottish Government commissioned Public Health Scotland to develop and deliver the Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme. To date, hypertension and atrial fibrillation have been included as part of draft indicators shared in autumn 2022. We contin…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established referral guidelines for common symptoms of heart disease to support timely access to diagnostics.
Answer · Maree Todd: Delivery of this action is a long term objective of the plan. The National Heart Disease Task Force will consider the prioritisation of work to be undertaken in 2023-24 as part of our ongoing implementation of the commitments within the Heart Disease Action P…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what support and investment it has made in the use of proven technology to assist with the (a) detection, (b) tele-monitoring and (c) provision of tailored support for people with heart disease or other cardiac risk factors.
Answer · Maree Todd: Scale Up BP, delivered by the Technology Enabled Care team, has been a successful programme supporting remote monitoring for diagnosis and ongoing management of high blood pressure. Evaluation has shown a positive impact on reductions in blood pressure. The p…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the inclusion of patient-reported outcome measures in indicator development.
Answer · Maree Todd: In April 2021, Scottish Government commissioned Public Health Scotland to develop and deliver the Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme. This programme will support delivery against the actions in Priority 4 of the Heart Disease Action Plan. We also commissioned…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what innovative models of care for cardiac diagnostics it has piloted since 2021.
Answer · Maree Todd: Through the Heart Disease Action Plan Funding call in 2021, we provided funding for a second NHS board to implement aspects of the OPERA study within its local service provision. The learning from this will support ongoing work by the Centre for Sustainable …
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to develop rehabilitation resources to ensure that quality information and training about cardiac rehabilitation is available to health professionals.
Answer · Maree Todd: In September, NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Government hosted a webinar on ‘Delivering a Person-Centred Approach to Rehabilitation in a Post-COVID era’. The webinar formed part of Scottish Government’s work to raise awareness of the Once for Sco…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, to support nationally agreed pathways of care, what action it is taking to produce a nationally-agreed competency framework for health care professionals who provide care for people with heart disease.
Answer · Maree Todd: Under the Heart Disease Task Force oversight, a Short Life Working Group has been supporting the development of a layer of cardiac specific competencies intended to complement the wider Transforming Nursing Roles competencies for Clinical Nurse Specialists. …
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to develop a sustainable training and education pathway for cardiac physiology.
Answer · Maree Todd: There have been two pieces of work carried out in relation to training and education for the wider Healthcare Science professional group of which cardiac physiology is one specialty. The baseline exercise Healthcare science - education and training provision…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the implementation of the mental health transition and recovery plan, what action it is taking to promote the needs of people who have been bereaved by sudden cardiac death.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government recently awarded Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland and the Research Resuscitation Group (Edinburgh University) funding to deliver a pilot project of telephone support and the development of website information for people who witness an ou…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of psychological liaison roles to support people with long-term conditions, including heart disease.
Answer · Maree Todd: Delivery of this action is a long term objective of the plan. The National Heart Disease Task Force will consider the prioritisation of work to be undertaken in 2023/24 as part of our ongoing implementation of the commitments within the Heart Disease Action P…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) support the spread and adoption of holistic assessment and (b) ensure that appropriate self-management resources are available for people with cardiac disease.
Answer · Maree Todd: a) The Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Once for Scotland Person-Centred Approach to Rehabilitation in a Post-COVID Era was published in June 2022 and provides a framework to deliver person-centred, innovative and inclusive rehabilitation to all. The Once f…