Parliamentary questions
Craig Hoy
1,298 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to carry out a gap analysis of the cardiology and cardiac surgery workforce that has been informed by the nationally-agreed pathways and the developed competency framework.
Answer · Maree Todd: Work to develop agreed pathways is underway and required to complete before gap analysis can be undertaken.
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to ensure that the education and training related to heart disease adapts as changing models of care are implemented.
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 ensure that implantable cardiac device deactivation features in anticipatory care planning resources.
Answer · Maree Todd: We provide information and resources on the use of Anticipatory Care Plans to professionals, patients, and their families to ensure people get the right care in the right place at the right time. In 2021, Healthcare Improvement Scotland developed the Anticip…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it last carried out modelling of the cardiac physiology workforce, and what the outcome was.
Answer · Maree Todd: The National Integrated Workforce Strategy published in 2019 committed to increase the Cardiac Physiologist workforce, thereby increasing capacity to carry out diagnostic testing, by supporting an additional 30 training places on the 4 year BSc course in Clin…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that understanding the need for access to (a) timely diagnostic tests, (b) specialist services and (c) cardiac rehabilitation and palliative care for people with heart disease is embedded in wider work on data and quality improvement to enable unwarrant…
Answer · Maree Todd: In April 2021, Scottish Government commissioned Public Health Scotland to develop and deliver the Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme. Over 100 clinicians and people with lived experience have been involved in the development of draft indicators for this program…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure appropriate self-management resources are available to people with cardiac disease.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14676 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-committees…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the workforce aspects of the rehabilitation and recovery framework support for people with heart disease allow them access to the correct professional at the correct point in their journey.
Answer · Maree Todd: In order to provide a wide-range of rehabilitation approaches, a skilled workforce is required that spans health, social care and third and independent sectors. The workforce brings a range of skills that can vary across sector and by background. Allied Hea…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to implement a person-centred and co-designed community-based awareness, prevention and detection programme for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
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 has taken to establish a platform for healthcare professionals and researchers to access current heart disease-related data and intelligence.
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 of the actions in Priority 4 of the Heart Disease Action Plan (2021). This will include en…
31 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints of patients’ property being (a) stolen and (b) lost have been received in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The information requested is not collected or held centrally by the Scottish Government and would require to be obtained from Health Boards.
30 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions it has introduced to address train delays between East Lothian and Edinburgh.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: Performance (reliability and punctuality) at Musselburgh, Wallyford, Prestonpans, Longniddry, and Drem on the North Berwick Line compare favourably with the ScotRail average, which in turn compares well with the GB average. Nonetheless, it is the responsibili…
30 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions it has introduced to address train delays between Tweedbank and Edinburgh.
Answer · Jenny Gilruth: The Borders railway line between Tweedbank and Edinburgh has been affected by ongoing issues with poor performance and the availability of diesel trains in ScotRail’s fleet. Scottish Rail Holdings and ScotRail are working to address this via an Improvement Pl…
30 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the Rural Housing Fund in the South Scotland region in each year since its introduction, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The following table provides a breakdown of the spend on the demand-led Rural and Islands Housing Fund in the South Scotland Region each year since its introduction in 2016-17, broken down by local authority area. The Rural and Island Housing Fund plays an im…
30 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in the South Scotland region have been built through the Rural Housing Fund in each year since 2016-17, broken down by local authority area.
Answer · Shona Robison: The following table provides a breakdown of the number of homes in the South Scotland region delivered through the demand-led Rural and Islands Housing Fund in each year since 2016-17, broken down by local authority area. The homes provided through the Affor…
30 Jan 2023 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress towards the launch of the Deposit Return Scheme.
30 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13427 by Lorna Slater on 19 January 2023, what further work is currently underway to ensure that the interactions between minimum unit pricing and the Deposit Return Scheme are understood, and what discussions it has had with the industry on this is…
Answer · Lorna Slater: Scottish Government officials are undertaking work to ensure that the interactions between Minimum Unit Price and the Deposit Return Scheme are fully understood. This work includes engagement with stakeholders. For example, a planned evaluation of the Depos…
26 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13502 by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023, how much it has spent on those areas in each year since 2007.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The health and social care staff wellbeing programme started in 2020 – 21. Prior to this, it did not have a dedicated budget. In 2020 – 21 we spent £5 million. In 2021 – 22 we spent £12 million. The 2021- 22 spend was much higher due to additional Covid cons…
26 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit smoking in school grounds and public playgrounds, as well as outdoor day care and childminding settings.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government's refreshed Tobacco Action Plan will be published in Autumn this year and we are considering, among other initiatives, a Scotland wide prohibition on smoking in these areas.
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to allowing licensing boards to charge more than £10 for an occasional licence where the cost of administering the licensing is significantly higher than £10.
Answer · Elena Whitham: The purpose of the occasional licence is to cater for the multitude of events which take place on premises which are not 'fully' licensed but feature the sale of alcohol. These can often include events arranged for the benefit of local communities such as loc…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of in-hospital patients, who have an episode of hypoglycaemia, have a timely resolution of this.
Answer · Maree Todd: The information requested is not held centrally.
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve the healing rates through a reduced rate of major amputations amongst people with diabetes.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14412 on 9 February 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…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to improve the timely inputting into relevant systems of the details of any patients with diabetes, across all levels of social deprivation, who have foot ulcers.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14412 on 9 February 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…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done with (a) NHS boards, (b) clinicians and (c) the third sector to promote good practice in mental health support for people with diabetes.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14415 on 9 February 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…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done with (a) NHS boards, (b) clinicians and (c) the third sector to reduce any variation in the quality of mental health support access for people with diabetes across the country.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14415 on 9 February 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…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards include patient-reported outcomes as part of their clinical consultations, with a view to discussing emotional health.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) the Scottish Ambulance Service and (b) NHS24 has done to assess the flow of patients with diabetes using their services out of hours, and what activity has arisen from any such assessments.
Answer · Maree Todd: As part of the Scottish Diabetes Group, we have established work streams to identify efficiencies and opportunities within the Scottish Ambulance Service. This work is still in very early stages, however there is an established process in NHS Fife and NHS Gra…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote and review the usage of the diabetes dashboard.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question: S6W-14424 on 10 February 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-commi…
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people with type 1 diabetes have been recorded as having a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) episode, in each year since 2007.
Answer · Maree Todd: The information requested is not held centrally.
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of staff in each NHS board have (a) undertaken and (b) completed the Diabetes - Think, Check, Act training modules.
Answer · Maree Todd: The information requested is not held centrally.
25 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people with diabetes with an average blood glucose (sugar) level (HbA1c) greater than 75mmol/l have been recorded as having attended structured education, in each year since 2007.
Answer · Maree Todd: The information requested is not held centrally.