Jackie Baillie

21 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of people who are housebound are still to receive their winter (i) COVID-19 booster and (ii) flu vaccination, broken down by integration joint board area.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: While statistics on vaccination rates among those who are housebound are not published, we continue to see very high uptake across all eligible cohorts in the winter vaccination programme. Housebound patients are identified through their local GP and have be…

21 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it considers just over a third of health and social care staff have taken up their COVID-19 winter booster and flu vaccinations to date, and what its position is on whether uptake should be higher.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Our aspiration is for uptake to be as high as possible across all groups, this includes health and social care workers. Vaccination uptake for Frontline Health & Social Care workers is currently at 40% for Covid-19 vaccines. The uptake for Flu vaccines for a…

21 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received their winter (a) COVID-19 booster and (b) flu vaccination, broken down by age band.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: COVID-19 and Flu vaccine uptake data is available from the Public Health Scotland dashboard . As of 23 November 2022 there has been a total of 1,625,091 Adult (18+) flu vaccinations and 1,653,929 COVID-19 vaccinations administered under the 2022 Winter Vacc…

21 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote uptake of the winter (a) COVID-19 booster and (b) flu vaccination in areas of low uptake.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-11902 on 24 November 2022. 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…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding for Covid Recovery outlined in its 2022-23 budget has now been withdrawn, re-profiled or cut from the budget.

Answer · John Swinney: The Covid Recovery Strategy focuses on reducing poverty and inequality and making progress towards three priority outcomes: to enhance the wellbeing of children and young people; to increase the financial security of low income households; and to create good,…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £18 billion promised for health and social care in its 2022-23 budget, has now been withdrawn, re-profiled or cut from the budget.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: Funding of £18 billion is provided for health and social care in 2022-23. As set out in the Emergency Budget Review (2 November), in common with the overall Scottish Budget, the Health and Social Care budget is facing unpreceded challenges as a result of inf…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much in-year additional health and social care funding, in addition to the spending commitments outlined in its 2022-23 budget, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by (i) date of announcement and (ii) nature of expenditure.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government continues to prioritise funding for health, providing increases year on year and funding of £18 billion in 2022-23, as set out in the Scottish Budget. However, the scale of the financial challenge across the Scottish Government and h…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £14.865 million allocated to board resilience under health and social care expenditure in its 2022-23 budget has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: This budget covers the purchase of pandemic influenza vaccine on behalf of NHS Scotland as part of the UK four Nation agreement. Funds that are allocated are based on need with the majority of spend occurring later in the financial year. Final confirmation of…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £31.224 million allocated to corporate support under health and social care expenditure in its 2022-23 budget has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The majority of this budget relates to Corporate Running Costs (CRC) which supports staffing and other costs of central functions, with this allocated out across all portfolios, as set out in annual budgets. The remainder of the spend is fully allocated in su…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £830.6 million allocated to Additional Support for Social Care in its 2022-23 budget has been allocated and spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £165 million allocated to the National Care Service in its 2022-23 budget has been allocated and spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: We have revisited the NCS financial memorandum assumptions and, based on a revised recruitment profile and revised investment in data and digital work, £15 million of funding in 2022-23 has been reprioritised. We are taking time to get this right, ensuring en…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £142.723 million allocated to Mental Health Service Improvement in its 2022-23 budget has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: As set out in the Emergency Budget Review (EBR), published on 2 November, the Scottish Government’s mental health programme budget has been revised to £252 million. This has resulted in revisions to this year’s Mental Health Service Improvement budget line, w…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £120 million allocated to the Mental Health Recovery and Renewal Fund in its 2022-23 budget has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: As set out in the Emergency Budget Review (EBR), published on 2 November, the Scottish Government’s mental health programme budget has been revised to £252 million. This has resulted in revisions to this year’s Mental Health Recovery and Renewal Fund budget l…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date on National Treatment Centres, broken down by financial year since their creation.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-10225 on 30 August 2022. 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 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £574 million allocated to the NHS Territorial and National Boards Capital Investment in its 2022-23 budget, which was announced on 9 December 2021, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The capital budget of £574 million will be allocated in full to NHS Territorial and National Boards and it is expected that the budget by the year end will be fully invested and spent. This will cover basic maintenance, replacement of essential medical equipm…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £108.729 million allocated to Digital Health Care in its 2022-23 budget, which was announced on 9 December 2021, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The original published budget for Digital Health and Care was £112.9 million, not £108.729 million. See https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2022-23/pages/5/ . Since the budget was published in December 2021 there has been a Scottish Government…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £10.6 million allocated to the Capacity and Recruitment Strategy in its 2022-23 budget, which was announced on 9 December 2021, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The majority ofthis budget is directly allocated to Health Boards to support international recruitment and domestic recruitment. All of this budget is earmarked for allocation by financial year end, with £4.5 million of this funding already allocated thus far…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on Childsmile in each of the last five financial years, broken down by year.

Answer · Maree Todd: Funding provided to NHS Boards for Childsmile programme delivery is set out in the following table. In addition to direct programme allocations, funding is provided to NHS Boards through the annual Outcomes Framework allocation to deliver a range of core ser…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £4.859 million allocated to Childsmile in its 2022-23 budget, which was announced on 9 December 2021, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure. 

Answer · Maree Todd: This budget provides funding for the national Childsmile programme as well as wider measures to tackle oral health inequalities in all age groups. Funds that are allocated are based on need, and final confirmation of spend will be included as part of the Scot…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £830.6 million allocated to the additional support for Social Care in its 2022-23 budget, which was announced on 9 December 2021, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: All of the £830.6 million allocated to Additional Support for Social Care in the 2022-23 budget has been included in the block grant allocation provided to local authorities. The Scottish Government’s policy towards local authorities’ spending is to allow loc…

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £9.036 million allocated to funding for the Primary Care Development Fund to address inequalities, including support for mental health and rural communities, which was outlined in the Scottish Government’s 2022-23 budget, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, brok…

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Primary care budgets provide additional funding to support core enabling programmes for primary care such as mental health, health inequalities and rural healthcare. Funds that are allocated are based on need, and final confirmation of spend will be included …

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £262.5 million allocated to the Primary Care Fund in its 2022-23 budget, which was announced on 9 December 2021, has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date, broken down by expenditure.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: This budget provides funding for local Primary Care Improvement Plans and core primary care support. Funds that are allocated are based on need, and final confirmation of spend will be included as part of the Scottish Government provisional outturn.  

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many working groups have been established by (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and (b) supporting ministers, in each of the last five financial years, broken down by the (i) total costs incurred in running these bodies, including expenses and (ii) number that have …

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The breakdown of the information requested is not held centrally the collation of this information would incur disproportionate costs.  

20 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many working groups have been established by NHS Scotland in each of the last five financial years, broken down by the (a) total costs incurred in running these bodies, including expenses and (b) number that have (i) formally completed their work and ceased to exist and (ii) not met …

Answer · Humza Yousaf: This information is not held centrally; it is a matter for the individual territorial and national Health Boards that make up NHS Scotland.  

17 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons no hospital sites in Scotland are included in the Rapid-Protection trial for Evusheld, which is being sponsored by Cardiff University and funded by AstraZeneca.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-12413 on 9 December 2022. 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…

17 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will be supporting any trials of Evusheld in Scotland.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office invests through NHS Research Scotland in research infrastructure in Health Boards that allows them to host and participate in clinical research studies and trials. Health Boards make individual decisions about …

17 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-12102 by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2022, how it is spending any surplus COVID-19 reserves recouped from Integration Joint Boards.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: There have been a number of significant changes to Public Health policies in relation to Covid over the summer, resulting in the profile of Covid spend reducing significantly compared to when funding was provided to IJBs. In response to this, surplus Covid …

17 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-12102 by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2022, what the current COVID-19 priorities are for which funding is being recouped from Integration Joint Boards.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: Current COVID-19 priorities include Test and Protect, vaccinations and PPE provisions. In line with the Test and Protect transition plan, testing remains in place to support patient treatment and care, protect those in highest risk settings, monitor prevalen…

17 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-12102 by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2022, whether any Integration Joint Boards (IJB) have not returned any surplus COVID-19 reserves in the current financial year, and, if so, whether it will list (a) each IJB and (b) the reasons for which it has not retur…

Answer · Kevin Stewart: With reference to S6W-12408 on 7 December 2022, no COVID-19 reserves have been recouped to date. Work is on-going, with IJBs, to understand their financial forecasts. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, t…

17 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-12102 by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2022, how much in surplus COVID-19 reserves it has recouped from Integration Joint Boards to date.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: With reference to S6W-12070 on 16 November 2022, we continue to work with IJBs to understand their financial forecasts. Therefore, no COVID-19 reserves have been recouped to date. Further detail will be communicated later in the financial year at an IJB leve…