Parliamentary questions
Craig Hoy
1,298 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the anticipated breakdown by (a) role and (b) starting year of the 320 additional staff that it has committed to delivering to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce by 2026.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The breakdown of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce is published on a quarterly basis through the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) CAMHS Workforce publication. This data can be found on the NES Turas Data Intelligence platform and…
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to reported calls for a national strategy to meet the needs of people who self-harm.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government is actively working with partners and people with lived experience to develop Scotland’s approach to self-harm; this is a commitment in the Mental Health Transition and Recovery plan. In developing our approach we are considering how …
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to ensuring that (a) people with lived experience and (b) frontline service providers are able to contribute to the development of a national transitions strategy.
Answer · Clare Haughey: The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lived experiences of young people who require additional support and listening to what matters to them. I refer to the response provided in S6W-02859 on 24 September 2021. We will continue to seek input a…
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what alterative destinations or services are offered to children and young people who have a referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) declined, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The information requested is not held centrally. Children and young people whose referral is not accepted by CAMHS are sensitively and appropriately signposted to a more suitable service within their community. We are committed to improving the availabilit…
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to recruit the 320 additional staff that it has committed to delivering to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce by 2026.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: In May 2021, we allocated £16.4 million to support NHS Boards to implement the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Service Specification. In addition, on 14 September, we announced £10.83 million funding to further support the impleme…
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the most common reasons that are given by each NHS board for referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to be declined.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: There are a number of reasons why a referral may not be accepted which include: insufficient information, does not meet the health board provider referral criteria, service unavailable, consent issues, patient refused service. This data is not consistently co…
8 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the timeline for the delivery of its proposed national transitions strategy to support children and young people approaching adulthood.
Answer · Clare Haughey: The Scottish Government has committed to deliver the National Transitions to Adulthood strategy as part of the 2021 Programme for Government and within this Parliamentary term. Our priority is to start early discussions with disabled children and young people…
2 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02388 by Kevin Stewart on 2 September 2021, which services contracted by NHS boards and health and social care partnerships are not reported to the Care Inspectorate, making their employees ineligible for the £500 payment, and how many employees thi…
Answer · Kevin Stewart: Following the announcement from the First Minister of the £500 'thank you' payment for health and social care staff in November 2020, a short-life stakeholder focus group was assembled. This group, including stakeholders from social care provider representati…
2 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to decarbonise the North Berwick-Edinburgh railway line.
Answer · Graeme Dey: The North Berwick to Edinburgh rail route is electrified, and therefore is already providing zero emission transport. The services have been upgraded by making use of this government’s significant investment in the new, green electric Class 385 trains for Sco…
2 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to secure the long-term future of inpatient services at (a) Edington Cottage Hospital, North Berwick and (b) Belhaven Hospital, Dunbar.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02718 on 24 September 2021. 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…
2 Sep 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the provision of inpatient services in East Lothian.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government is aware that East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, along with many areas across the country, is experiencing extreme pressures due to increased demand for care and staffing pressures, due to annual leave, sickness and self-…
23 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to dementia research in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: Scottish Government funding for dementia research is not allocated to NHS Boards. The following table shows Chief Scientist Office (CSO) funding for dementia research from 2007/8 through academic project/fellowship funding and the annual funding provided to …
23 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time has been to see a dementia specialist in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: Waiting times statistics for patients requiring to see a dementia specialist for a consultation or treatment are not held centrally.
23 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist dementia beds have been available in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: No information is collected on how many specialist dementia beds have been available in each year since 2007, either nationally or broken down by NHS Board.
23 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many dementia specialist appointments have been held in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: Information on how many dementia specialist appointments have been held in each year since 2007 is not collected or held centrally. National-level information on the number of referrals into old age psychiatry does not include dementia-specific referrals.
23 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received a dementia diagnosis in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Kevin Stewart: Information on how many people have received a dementia diagnosis in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board, is not collected or held centrally.
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many pregnancy screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government does not hold national data for infectious diseases screening, antenatal haemoglobinopathies screening, or foetal anomaly ultrasound examinations within the pregnancy screening programme. These can be requested directly from individual…
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many newborn screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government does not hold information on the newborn hearing test and newborn infant physical examination. These would need to be requested from health boards directly. The following table shows the number of babies screened using the bloodspot t…
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many cervical cancer screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer · Maree Todd: The following table shows the number of samples collected within the cervical screening programme from 1 January 2019 to 26 August 2021. As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cervical screening programme was paused between 30 March 2020 and 29…
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many breast cancer screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer · Maree Todd: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02045 on 25 August 2021. 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-committe…
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer · Maree Todd: The following table shows the number of people who attended an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening appointment between January 2019 and July 2021. The programme was paused between 30 March 2020 and 6 July 2020 and when screening resumed it prioritised higher-…
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many diabetic retinopathy screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.
Answer · Maree Todd: The following table shows the number of people screened for diabetic retinopathy in each month between January 2019 and July 2021. The Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) programme was paused between 30 March 2020 and 6 July 2020. When screening resumed, those at hi…
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many COVID-19 vaccination appointments have been missed due to the distance or travel time to a vaccination centre.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: There is no data held on reasons for missed or non attendance for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. In the statistical report for 16th of June 2021, Public health Scotland published a one-off analysis of "did not attend" (DNA ) appointments for the time period …
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) East Lothian, (b) Midlothian and (c) the Scottish Borders have been given COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their (i) first and (ii) second dose outwith their local authority area.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Information on the location of vaccinations, cross referenced with the recipients health board, is not held centrally.
20 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been given COVID-19 vaccination appointments for their (a) first and (b) second dose at a vaccination centre that was further than (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 miles from their home.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
17 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service have been responded to (a) within (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 29, (iii) 30 to 59 and (iv) 60 to 120 and (b) after over 120 minutes in each calendar year since 2016, also broken down by NHS board area.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Emergency Incidents Attended, 01-01-2016- 31-07-2021 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Purple 4044 7048 7759 10634 10833 7274 Purple 10-29 Minutes 871 1593 1788 2842 4142 2938 Purple 30-59 Minutes 13 35 40 69 113 92 …
16 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when National Planning Framework 4 will be published.
Answer · Tom Arthur: The Scottish Government are continuing to progress work on a draft NPF4 and will lay it in the Scottish Parliament in Autumn 2021. Public consultation will run alongside Parliamentary scrutiny.
13 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the present capacity of the A1 south of Dunbar, and what its position is on its suitability for the amount of HGV traffic that (a) currently uses the route and (b) is estimated to use the route in the future.
Answer · Graeme Dey: To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the present capacity of the A1 south of Dunbar, and what its position is on its suitability for the amount of HGV traffic that (a) currently uses the route and (b) is estimated to use the route i…
13 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to dual or improve the A1 south of Dunbar.
Answer · Graeme Dey: The Scottish Government believe that transport plays a crucial role in supporting a green and fair recovery and that in the face of the climate emergency we need to shift away from new road projects that encourage more people to drive, and instead focus on ma…
12 Aug 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many times since January 2019 train services between North Berwick and Edinburgh Waverley have been cancelled for (a) all and (b) part of its journey due to (i) track problems, including signalling and flooding, and (ii) track congestion.
Answer · Graeme Dey: ScotRail advise that between 6 January 2019 [the start of 2018-19: reporting period 11] and 24 July [the end of 2021-22: reporting period 4], there were 216 full cancellations and 74 part-cancellations on the North Berwick line as a result of infrastructure i…