Parliamentary questions
Craig Hoy
1,298 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
24 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government on which dates the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans has visited police stations, fire stations, courts or prisons in the South Scotland region since his appointment in May 2021, and whether it will provide specific details of each visit.
Answer · Keith Brown: All Ministerial engagements, including visits to police stations, fire stations, courts or prisons, is routinely published on the Scottish Government website and can be found at: www.gov.scot/collections/ministerial-engagements-travel-and-gifts/ .
24 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in Coming Home Implementation: A report from the working group on complex care and delayed discharge, whether it will provide an update on the establishment of a National Support Panel, including what its (a) role and (b) remit is, or will be.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government is committed to implementing the recommendations set out in the Coming Home Implementation Report to reduce delayed discharges and out-of-area placements for people with learning disabilities and complex care needs. The recommendation…
24 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in Coming Home Implementation: A report from the working group on complex care and delayed discharge, whether it will provide an update on what it has done to develop the Dynamic Support Register into a tool for national use.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government is committed to implementing the recommendations set out in the Coming Home Implementation Report to reduce delayed discharges and out-of-area placements for people with learning disabilities and complex care needs. Significant work h…
24 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in Coming Home Implementation: A report from the working group on complex care and delayed discharge, what it has done to increase the amount of available evidence for, and to explore the issues related to, people with enduring mental health conditions who…
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government has accepted all 5 key recommendations in the Coming Home Implementation Report and is working with people with lived experience, COSLA, professionals from Local Authorities; Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs); the NHS; and ot…
24 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in Coming Home Implementation: A report from the working group on complex care and delayed discharge, whether it has established a National Peer Support Network.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government is committed to implementing the recommendations set out in the Coming Home Implementation Report to reduce delayed discharges and out-of-area placements for people with learning disabilities and complex care needs. Following the publ…
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in the paper, Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles: Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Roles within Scotland, whether it has commissioned NHS boards to review all clinical nurse specialist roles by undertaki…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government is currently working with NHS Education for Scotland to identify a workplan for the next phase of the Transforming Roles Programme. This involves agreeing priority actions and implementing outstanding recommendations from the ‘Transfor…
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in the paper, Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles: Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Roles within Scotland, whether advanced clinical nurse specialists have been included within the Advanced Practice Acade…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Advanced Practice Academies do not currently include Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialists. However NHS Education for Scotland has confirmed they will be included when work on the implementation of the paper’s recommendations has concluded.
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in the paper, Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles: Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Roles within Scotland, what work it has undertaken to support the development of a generic Level 6 clinical nurse specia…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14269 on 7 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-commit…
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in the paper, Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles: Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Roles within Scotland, what work it has undertaken to support the development of a Level 7 advanced clinical nurse speci…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14269 on 7 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-commit…
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation in the paper, Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles: Review of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Roles within Scotland, what work it has undertaken to explore how to position education for both the nurse practitioner/…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14269 on 7 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-commit…
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13531 by Humza Yousaf on 23 January 2023, given that the information requested is not held centrally, how it will monitor the impact of its commitment in the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland to provide "support for …
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the Scottish Government’s second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. Further to the commitment set out in the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social care, we committed to a new target of creating 500 apprenticeship opportuni…
23 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13688 by Maree Todd on 23 January 2023, whether it will provide a list of the 35 projects, broken down by (a) the work that each project completed as a result of the funding, (b) how much funding each project was awarded and (c) the area in which ea…
Answer · Maree Todd: Details of the projects funded through the Neurological Framework can be found on the following page: Neurological Framework Funding: list of organisations funded - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) . As projects reach completion, they are asked to submit a final rep…
20 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, how many non-executive board members have completed the e-learning module on the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government does not hold this information as this module is owned and hosted by NHS Education for Scotland.
20 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, whether the e-learning module for non-executive board members on the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act is mandatory.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The eLearning module, “Equality and the Role of Board Members in Meeting the Public Sector Duty”, is available through NHS Education for Scotland. While this is not a mandatory module, it is recommended to all Board Members. This was promoted to NHS Board Cha…
20 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, whether there are any mandatory e-learning modules or training that are required to be completed for non-executive board members, and, if so, what they are.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Non-Executive Board members are required to undertake mandatory training at local level as a part of their local induction process. This is set out in the Director Letter DL(2019)21 - Induction process for Non-Executive Board Members . In addition, NHS Educ…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many new health and care technologies have been tested in a digital testing environment, and which ones have been taken forward for further development or implementation, since 2007.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: All health and care systems are tested during development, implementation and rollout, and this is a critical part of the process for all technologies in use. All health boards have test environments or suitable processes in place to do this which is supporte…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a permanent digital testing environment that allows potential new health and care technology to be developed and tested in a safe environment, and, if this is the case, how much was spent on developing it.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: DHI offer a demonstration environment where new innovations and ideas for health and care can be tested. All health boards have their own test environments and processes. NES and NSS both have national test infrastructure. As part of all major programmes, tes…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has an assurance process to ensure that health and care digital innovations are developed in an ethical, standards-based way, and, if this is the case, how much was spent on creating it.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: An Accelerated National Innovation Pathway has been established to standardise and facilitate the adoption of health and care innovations. The Scottish Health Technology Group also supports standardisation by providing robust governance and advice. Digital te…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on artificial intelligence within health and social care since 2017, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government continues to consider the use of Artificial Intelligence in health and social care through Scotland's AI strategy and the forthcoming Data Strategy for Health and Social Care. As the implementation of Artificial Intelligence technol…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is preparing health and care staff to (a) understand and (b) interrogate data-driven (i) recommendations and (ii) decision support tools.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: To support health and care staff, the Scottish Government is working alongside the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre, NHS Boards and social care organisations to promote use of our national decision support platform, The Right Decision Service . On…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is using artificial intelligence to create data-driven recommendations in health and social care.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: We are working in partnership across the UK to explore the safe use of AI within health and social care. AI is currently being utilised in the NHS to support clinicians by making data driven recommendations in areas like cancer screening and other medical ima…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to enhance industry networks and clusters around digital health and care.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government supports, and participates in, The Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group - Life Sciences Scotland . This includes a specific sub-group focusing on Digital and Data, chaired by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (t…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in each year on its Turas platform since it was launched, including design and implementation costs.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government does not hold this information. This is a matter for NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to develop communities of practice and learning networks, so that staff can share learning about the uses of technology within the health and care sector.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government is committed to developing digital skills for all staff across health and care, and ensuring that we embed digital leadership at all levels to enable digital service transformation. As part of our commitments in the Digital Health and …
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) (b) Innovation Centres other than DHI, (c) The Scotland 5G Centre, (d) the cyber resilience sector, (e) the Centre for Sustainable Delivery and (f) Public Health Scotland to ensure that Scotland gets maximu…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Our commitment in the Digital Health and Care Strategy is to work with these organisations, and others, to realise the potential of digital health and care, not necessarily to provide additional investment. However, please see the below response in respect o…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to collaborate with and support small and medium-sized digital health and care enterprises to offer a clear product route from development to implementation at scale.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Scottish Government is involved in the Accelerated National Implementation Adoption pathway. Set up to greater facilitate a company’s idea through to implementation.
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff have used the Turas platform in each year since it was launched.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government does not hold this information. This is a matter for NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the impact of digital technology is on the health and care workforce.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The impact of digital technology on the health and care workforce has been considered in several reports, such as the Topol Review commissioned by NHS England The Topol Review — NHS Health Education England (hee.nhs.uk) . In general terms, digital technolo…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that digital skills are regarded as core skills for graduates who are planning to work within health and social care.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14158 on 3 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…
18 Jan 2023 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with (a) the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) (b) Innovation Centres other than DHI, (c) The Scotland 5G Centre, (d) the cyber resilience sector, (e) the Centre for Sustainable Delivery and (f) Public Health Scotland to ensure that Scotland gets maximum…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government continues to work closely with the above bodies to ensure Scotland is maximising the potential of Digital Health and Care. We have developed Scotland's first data strategy for health and social care input from these bodies and are in t…