Adam Ingram

13 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-477 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 June 2003, whether a response from Analysys will be received before the 2003 summer recess.

Answer · Jim Wallace: An Executive summary of the Analysys report is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 27702).

12 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any research has been commissioned into the patient charging system; if so, when the research will conclude and whether the results of the research will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Answer · Tom McCabe: The Executive commissioned a review of patient charges for NHS dental services in Scotland in 2002. The report has been delivered and the options contained therein are currently under consideration. No decision has yet been made on possible publication of the…

11 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network guideline on post-natal depression and puerperal psychosis and the Executive's guidance on post-natal depression services were compiled and published and whether there are any plans to revise and update these documents.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network guideline on post-natal depression and puerperal psychosis (Bib. number 25439) was compiled over the period two years prior to its publication on 20 June 2002 and will be considered for review in 2004. <P>The Sco…

11 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what research projects funded by the Chief Scientist Office have examined perinatal mental illness; when the results of such projects will be available, and whether copies of such research will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Chief Scientist Office, (CSO), is currently funding a research project on the diagnosis of perinatal mental illness in women and their partners and is also funding a research fellowship on the treatment of post-natal depression. These projects are due for…

11 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by NHS regional planning groups with regard to specialist services for diagnosis and treatment of perinatal mental illness.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The three NHS regional planning groups were asked to review provision of joint arrangements for the care and treatment of mothers suffering from post-natal depression and their babies, in the context of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) gu…

10 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance will be issued regarding the use of Seroxat in light of the review by the Committee on the Safety of Medicines.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The UK Committee on Safety of Medicine (CSM) has advised against the use of Seroxat in children and adolescents aged under 18 suffering from depressive illness. On 10 June 2003, the Scottish Executive Health Department issued the CSM advice to relevant health…

10 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients over 18 have been prescribed Seroxat as an anti-depressant in the last three years.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Prescription data available centrally are not patient-specific, but relate to the numbers and cost of prescribed items dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors.

10 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to withdraw the use of seroxat as an anti-depressant for those under 18.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The regulation of medicines is a reserved matter and is the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).<P>New data from clinical trials of Seroxat in children and adolescents were received by the MHRA at the end of May 20…

10 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients under 18 have been prescribed Seroxat in the last three years, broken down by age.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Prescription data available centrally are not patient-specific but relate to the numbers and cost of prescribed items dispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors.

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been carried out in the last 10 years into the use of electro-convulsive treatment and when such research was carried out and by whom.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The National Research Register (NRR), a UK-wide database of all publicly funded research of relevance to the NHS, records that there are currently two projects on-going in the UK on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), both of which are being carried out in Engla…

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is available to medical staff in the use of electro-convulsive treatment.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Guidelines which issued this year to NHSScotland from NHS Quality Improvement Scotland recommended that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) be used only to achieve rapid and short-term improvement of severe symptoms after other treatment options have proven ineff…

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to include target outcomes for mental health provision and services to enable performance measurement.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: There are a number of mechanisms already in place to monitor outcomes and performance of mental health services. These include the visits and reports of the Mental Health and Well Being Support Group, the Social Work Services Inspectorate, the Mental Welfare …

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to fund research into non-pharmacological treatments for mental illness.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) within the Scottish Executive Health Department has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. <P>The CSO has in the past funded studies on non-pharmacological interve…

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to ensure that people with a mental illness can access appropriate transport through transport access schemes.

Answer · Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Executive awarded ENABLE £50,000 to assist in the establishment of the Thistle Travel Card Scheme. The scheme is making a significant difference to the lives of many thousands of people who have difficulty using public transport and are prevented…

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives are in place to assist people with a mental illness to obtain employment or training opportunities.

Answer · Tom McCabe: Work in this area includes initiatives to encourage employers to employ and retain people with mental health problems; development, by NHS Health Scotland, of its Work Positive initiative (a package for businesses to prevent mental health difficulties in thei…

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives are in place to promote mental well-being of children and young people.

Answer · Tom McCabe: "Early years" was identified as one of the four major areas for a focussed approach to health improvement within <I>Improving Health in Scotland - The Challenge</I>. The Starting Well Health Improvement demonstration project will promote and encourage mental …

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the total mental health budget has been allocated to services relating to child mental illness and how much has been spent in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.

2 Jun 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under six in each NHS board area have been diagnosed with a mental illness in each of the last five years broken down by (a) type of illness and (b) age.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not held centrally.<P>Table 1 shows the estimated number of children, five years and under for whom a diagnosis of a mental illness has been recorded by a general practitioner participating in the Continuous Morbidity Recording in…

28 May 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the report by Analysis into the development of broadband services and, if so, when and, if it will not publish the report, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The report by Analysys for the Executive entitled <I>Research on broadband in Scotland</I> contains information from a wide range of companies and organisations, which was provided on a commercial in confidence basis. It has been agreed with Analysys, however…

28 May 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when Analysis will complete its forward look into the development of broadband services.

Answer · Jim Wallace: The Executive expects to receive Analysys' final report of its forward look study of broadband in Scotland in due course.

14 Mar 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of elderly people in the (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire local authority area received intensive home care in each year since 1997.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information asked for is contained in the table, for the years 1998 to 2002 only. Data is not available for 1997. Please note that the percentages quoted are percentages of all recipients of home care, as it is not possible to split these figures by age g…

14 Mar 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will respond to the Scottish Agricultural College board's proposals for the future of the campus in Auchincruive.

Answer · Ross Finnie: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34655 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/searc…

14 Mar 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on any proposed relocation of jobs by the Scottish Agricultural College from Craibstone in Aberdeenshire and Auchincruive in Ayrshire to Edinburgh and how any such relocation would be consistent with the Executive's policy on dispersing civil service jobs.

Answer · Ross Finnie: In responding to the Deloitte &amp; Touche option appraisal report on which the college's preferred option is based, I have asked the college, among other things, to re-examine the extent to which it proposes to relocate services from the west and north-east …

14 Mar 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been relocated to (a) South Ayrshire, (b) East Ayrshire and (c) North Ayrshire as a result of its policy of dispersing civil service jobs.

Answer · Andy Kerr: There are currently more than 200 jobs in the bodies covered by the relocation policy, located in Ayrshire. To date, none of the relocation reviews have resulted in moves to Ayrshire. The Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that Government in Scotland…

13 Mar 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to the Scottish Agricultural College regarding any proposed closure of the Auchincruive site and, if it is to close, what measures will be put in place to safeguard the local community and economic stability of the area.

Answer · Ross Finnie: The Scottish Agricultural College's (SAC) proposal to withdraw campus-based education and research services from its Auchincruive Campus is part of an option for rationalisation that SAC has sought ministers' agreement to, on the basis of a report of an optio…

28 Feb 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors staff training in nursing and residential homes.

Answer · Frank McAveety: The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 removed the distinction between residential care homes and nursing homes and all such services are now known as care homes. Under the act, regulation of these services is the responsibility of the Care Commission, ta…

28 Feb 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the types of drugs prescribed in nursing and residential homes in each local authority area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Prescription data collected centrally is not patient-specific.<P>The decision on whether or not to prescribe a drug for a patient is always a matter for the clinical judgement of the patient's doctor, informed by advice and guidance about the drug.<P>The Regu…

19 Feb 2003 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what priority is being given to the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal mental illness.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: Individual care decisions are matters for clinicians in consultation with the relevant professional staff/multi-disciplinary team. Care decisions should always be based on individually assessed needs.<P>Following the member's business debate on 4 December, NH…

13 Feb 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to research into best practice for the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal mental illness.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The Chief Scientist Office within the Scottish Executive Health Department is investing £133,302 in a research project on the diagnosis of perinatal mental illness in women and their partners<I> </I>and is contributing £45,827 to a research fellowship into th…

13 Feb 2003 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have been admitted to adult psychiatric wards with their babies due to perinatal mental illness in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.

Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is not available centrally.