Parliamentary questions
Jim Hume
1,310 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
10 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people referred by a GP to a mental health specialist in each year since 2010 were detained under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Details are as follows: Table 1 - The number of patients formally1 admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Scotland2,3,4 that were referred from a GP5, 2010-11 to 2013-14 Year Number of patients6 2010-11 382 2011-12 309 2012-13 366 2013-14 336 Inform…
10 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many psychiatric liaison staff there have been in accident and emergency departments in each NHS board in each year since 2010.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The information requested is not held centrally. The Scottish Government expects NHS boards to have arrangements in place that ensures the safe and effective provision of good quality liaison psychiatry to acute hospitals and services, including to accident a…
10 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what training on mental health issues each NHS board has provided to staff in accident and emergency departments in each year since 2010.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Information on mental health training provided to accident and emergency staff by NHS boards is not held centrally. We expect NHS boards to arrange training in line with local needs.
9 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were made homeless in each year since 2010 as a result of mental health problems.
Answer · Margaret Burgess: After a homelessness assessment has taken place, local authorities record the additional support needs which the household may have, including support needs for mental health problems. The following table shows: 1. The number of cases assessed each year as …
9 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people sectioned under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2003 were homeless at the time of assessment in each year since 2010.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Details are as follows: Table 1 - The number of patients formally1 admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Scotland2,3,4 who were recorded as having no fixed abode, 2010-11 – 2013-14 Number of patients6 2010-11 72 2011-12 64 2012-13 57 2013-14 61 In…
8 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports employers to encourage employees to seek specialist help for mental health issues.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26605 on 3 August 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybu…
8 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to raise awareness of mental health issues in the workplace.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: See Me is Scotland’s national campaign to end mental health stigma and discrimination. The Scottish Government provides £1 million per year in addition to £0.5 million from Comic Relief to support the See Me programme. See Me workplace is part of the See Me a…
8 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) talking and (b) drug therapies have been prescribed by GPs for mental health patients in each year since 2012.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The number of (a) talking therapies and (b) drug therapies prescribed by GPs for mental health patients is held by individual GP practices and is not provided to the Scottish Government as a matter of course. The latest published data on the dispensing of me…
6 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been ringfenced for child and adolescent inpatient mental health services in each year since 2010, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Funding for mental health will be drawn from the overall resources available this year for healthcare and local government with NHS boards and councils responsible for local decision making and delivery, funding is not ring-fenced. Details on child and adole…
6 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the bed occupancy rate in the child inpatient psychiatric service at (a) the Royal Edinburgh Hospital (b) Skye House, Glasgow and (c) Dudhope House, Dundee has been in each year since 2012.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The following table shows the percentage occupancy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Dudhope House, Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Stobhill Hospital (Skye House) in calendar years 2012, 2013, 2014. Table: Percentage bed occupancy in …
2 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting the Scotland GP Returner Programme.
Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26378 on 27 July 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentary…
2 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have occurred in 2015 as a result of eating disorders, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Information for 2015 is not available. Data is complex, and relatively few deaths are currently recorded as primarily from eating disorders, with the primary cause of death more likely to be recorded as organ failure and in some cases may be suicide. From …
2 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations it met/has met to discuss issues relating to eating disorders in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 and what was discussed.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The following table shows Scottish Ministers engagements across a range of activity related to eating disorders over the last two years. Date Activity Who/What Purpose Issues discussed 8 July 2015 Ministerial Visit Minister for Sport, Health…
2 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital readmissions there have been with an eating disorder as the primary reason in each year since 2012, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The number of hospital readmissions for eating disorders in 2012-13 and 2013-14 is presented by age group in the following table. Presenting a breakdown by gender is not possible due to small numbers and to minimise the potential to identify individuals. Tab…
2 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Implementation Monitoring and Support Group has held meetings; what was discussed, and whether it will provide the minutes from those meetings.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Details including the remit and copies of previous minutes for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Implementation Monitoring and Support Group can be found at the following link: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Services/Mental-Health/Strategy…
1 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what specific types of training on infant mental health it has introduced and how many people have been trained in each year since 2012.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: A number of programmes of training with regard to infant mental health have been undertaken since 2012. The following information gives details of those that have trained or are training in infant mental health. Solihull Approach training The following tabl…
1 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what learning disability service models it has identified for delivery in children and adolescent mental health services.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: We are funding Glasgow University, in collaboration with the Learning Disabilities Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (LD CAMHS) Scotland Network to carry out the ‘LD CAMHS Models and Outcomes Study’ in order to deliver on this commitment. The study …
1 Jul 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to make basic infant mental health training more widely available to professionals in the children’s services workforce.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: We are working with NHS Health Education Scotland to roll out training in the Solihull Approach, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, MSc in Applied Psychology for Children and Young People and Essential Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
30 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-26059 by Jamie Hepburn on 18 June 2015, where the recorded minutes and agenda for meetings of the Stakeholder Group on Child Internet Safety can be found and whether the impact of social media on people at risk of eating disorders has been discussed…
Answer · Fiona McLeod: The Scottish Stakeholder Group on Child Internet Safety provides expert advice to the government so agenda’s and minutes are stored centrally. Although there have been no specific discussions around the impact of social media on people at risk of eating disor…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs NHS Scotland has recruited from the (a) UK, (b) EU, (c) European Economic Area and (d) rest of the world in each year since 2010.
Answer · Shona Robison: The breakdown requested is not held centrally as statutory responsibility for ensuring primary medical services rests locally with health boards and not Scottish Ministers.
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of GP provision for new settlements across the country.
Answer · Shona Robison: Under Scottish planning legislation, health boards are 'key agencies' in the preparation of development plans, and should be actively engaged with planning authorities in the process of planning for new development and the growth of communities.
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have been recruited through the Scotland GP Returner Programme.
Answer · Shona Robison: It is NHS Education for Scotland (NES) which has operational responsibility for the GP Returner Programme. The programme provides a tailored induction and educational placement of between three to six months for those GPs who have previously worked in NHS gen…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals conduct bone density scans.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is provided in the following table. NHS Board Hospital with a bone density scanner Ayrshire and Arran Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine Borders Borders General Hospital, Melrose Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Gall…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that follow-up tests after an initial bone density scan are conducted regularly and within the HEAT target waiting times.
Answer · Shona Robison: There is no waiting time target for follow-up scans. The timing of any follow-up scans will be based on a clinical decision for each individual patient. We have made it clear to boards that they must ensure that any follow-up scans, including bone density sca…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the HEAT target is for bone density scans.
Answer · Shona Robison: Delivery must be made within our overarching waiting time standard that 90% of patients are seen and treated within 18 weeks from initial referral to start of treatment, as it is important that every part of the patient pathway is as swift as possible includi…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are on the waiting list for a bone density scan in each NHS board.
Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not collected centrally.
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is encouraging research to improve the efficacy and life cycle of kidney transplants.
Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The Scottish Government recognises the importance of research in developing effective treatment strategies for kidney disease, including improving the efficacy and life cycle of kidney transplants. In August 2014, after an open recruitment process, Dr Patric…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is encouraging people from a black, Asian and ethnic minority background to register on the NHS Organ Donation Register.
Answer · Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government is very aware of the need to raise awareness of organ donation with the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in Scotland and recommendation 1b in A Donation and Transplantation Plan for Scotland 2013-2020 states that ‘Th…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, (b) Minister for Public Health and (c) Minister for Health Improvement and Mental Health has visited a renal unit since taking office.
Answer · Maureen Watt: Since taking office, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport; the Minister for Public Health and the Minister for Health Improvement and Mental Health have not yet visited a renal unit. The Minister for Public Health is to visit the renal uni…
29 Jun 2015 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the shortage of available kidneys for transplant purposes.
Answer · Maureen Watt: In 2013, the Scottish Government published A Donation and Transplantation Plan for Scotland 2013-2020. This plan sets out the ways in which Government and the NHS plans to improve donation and transplantation in Scotland. The plan builds on the very good prog…