Miles Briggs

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many times in each year since 1999 has money set aside for the NHS budget been diverted to its other departments or agencies, broken down by (a) the department or agency that received this and (b) reason.

Answer · Shona Robison: All funding for NHS Boards as set out in the budget agreed by the Scottish Parliament is allocated to NHS Boards accordingly. Since the integration of health and social care, the Scottish Government has directed that an element of funding within the settleme…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many secretaries have been appointed to support surgeons in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally at this level of detail. Specific local Information may be available from individual NHS Boards. Information on Administrative Services staff (including support to Clinical staff), broken down by NHS Board, is …

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many managed-access schemes for drugs there have been in each year since 1999.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information on the number of Managed Access Schemes for drugs in each year since 1999 is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. A recommendation contained within Dr Montgomery’s Review of Access to New Medicines was to explore Managed Access Schemes.…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much in Barnet consequentials arising from health expenditure there has been in each year since 2010, and how this has been allocated.

Answer · Shona Robison: As disclosed in response to parliamentary question S5W-09441 on 23 June 2017, health resource consequentials received and allocated between 2011-12 and 2016-17 are set out in the following table. 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 £m…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of the protein blood test (cMyC) for people who have experienced a suspected heart attack, and whether it is considering rolling this out.

Answer · Shona Robison: Scotland's approach continues to be to promote best clinical practice based on current evidence as outlined by Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guidelines. SIGN No. 148 Acute Coronary Syndrome makes recommendations on the use of appropriate …

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many under-eight-year-olds have had their stomach pumped in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) age.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: This information is not centrally available.

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many times consultant interview panels have not met due to there being no applications for posts in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The requested information is not held centrally. Consultant assessment panels are convened pursuant to the National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) (Scotland) Regulations 2009; the process is overseen by the Royal Colleges on behalf of the Scottis…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much was raised each year by the Public Health Supplement Levy, and what this was spent on.

Answer · Derek Mackay: Estimated non-domestic rates income from the public health supplement was £25.8 million for 2012-13, £34.9 million for 2013-14 and £35.2 million for 2014-15. The income was used to support preventative spend measures.

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people with eating disorders have received NHS support in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Maureen Watt: This information has been provided by ISD. ‘NHS support’ has been defined as the number of acute and mental health inpatients with a diagnosis of eating disorder recorded within data returns to ISD. This information is shown in the following table for the fin…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many school nurses there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Answer · Shona Robison: Staffing data on school nurses is published by ISD Scotland and is held at NHS Board level. Due to a number of changes in the recording and collection of school nursing data, figures published by ISD Scotland are not directly comparable between 1999 and 2017…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many receptionists in each NHS board have been trained in phlebotomy (drawing blood and taking blood samples) in each year since 2007

Answer · Shona Robison: The requested information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people from the rest of the UK have been treated in Scotland in each year since 1999, and how much each NHS board received.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-11664 on 1 November 2017. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusine…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people from Scotland have been treated by the NHS in the rest of the UK in each year since 1999, also broken down by the amount paid by each NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of people from Scotland treated by the NHS in the rest of the UK, or on the number of people from the rest of the UK treated by the NHS in Scotland. Reciprocal arrangements between NHS bodies in…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have not presented for cancer screening in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: This information is not held centrally. Information Services Division routinely publish statistics on the three national cancer screening programmes: Breast Cancer Screening, Bowel Cancer Screening and Cervical Cancer Screening. This information can be found …

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received screening for genetic cancers in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: There is no national screening programme for genetic cancers. For individuals with a family history of cancer, genetic testing may be available. Information on the number of people who have received genetic cancer testing is not held centrally.

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of the three plans that were identified by the NHS workforce plan.

Answer · Shona Robison: The National Health and Social Care Workforce Plan will strengthen and harmonise workforce planning practice, take full account of the future demand for safe and high quality services for Scotland’s people and help to more accurately identify and address gaps…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much is owed to each NHS board for providing treatment to international patients in each year since 1999.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government does not hold this information. This information would require to be requested from individual health boards.

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many calls were made to the NHS whistleblower phone line in 2016-17, broken down by the NHS board area that the issue referred to.

Answer · Shona Robison: From 1 January 2016 to 1 January 2017, the latest date to which figures are published, a total of 53 calls were made to the Whistleblowing Alert and Advice Lines Services (formerly the NHSScotland Confidential Alert Line). This figure comprises 40 public inte…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the first meeting of the working group examining the implementation of free personal care for people under 65 (Frank’s law) will take place.

Answer · Shona Robison: A meeting has been set up by Scottish Government officials with Chief Officers and Chief Finance Officers of a number of Integration Joint Boards, along with COSLA, to discuss the implementation of Free Personal Care for under 65's. This meeting is due to tak…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many requests for meetings there have been each year with (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, (b) Health Improvement Scotland and (c) the Care Inspectorate by whistleblowers or suspended NHS staff members who are considered "prescribed persons" under the Public Interest D…

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested is not held centrally. I receive requests from NHSScotland staff on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of matters. All meeting requests are considered on a case by case basis but are not recorded by the employment or whistleblo…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications by householders for grants to help adapt housing there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority, and how many have been approved.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government. Housing Statistics for Scotlandprovides a breakdown by local authority of adaptations that received grant funding through the Scheme of Assistance for years 2010-11 to 2016-17. Individual local…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have been recruited through the GP Recruitment and Retention Fund, broken down by the NHS board that they have been allocated to.

Answer · Shona Robison: The GP Recruitment and Retention fund was set up to explore with key stakeholders, the issues surrounding GP recruitment and retention. The programme has examined and taken forward proposals to increase the number of medical students choosing to go into GP tr…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the research on whether vitamin B3 should be offered in pregnancy.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Scottish Government is aware of the study which considered the effect that increasing vitamin B3 in the diet had on preventing malformations in the growing foetus. We understand the long term positive effects that good nutrition can have for pregnant wo…

28 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with its proposal that immunisation programmes should be transferred from general practice, and what analysis it has carried out of how this transfer could impact on (a) overall vaccination rates and (b) tackling health inequalities (i) in (A) urban and (B) rur…

Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Government is in the process of establishing the Vaccination Transformation Programme to take forward this work. The programme will run for three years and will support a geographically phased transformation, with NHS Boards developing local plans to deli…

25 Sep 2017 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many acute hospital beds there are in NHS Lothian, and how this compares with 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: Official statistics on hospital beds are routinely published on the ISD website. In line with modern health care systems, care patterns are changing in Lothian, more care is being delivered in the community, there are shorter hospital stays, and more same da…

25 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase uptake rates for the influenza vaccine in each eligible group.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Scottish Government runs an annual flu marketing campaign to promote the flu vaccine and increase uptake amongst those who are eligible. This year's national campaign will highlight the importance of the flu vaccine which will both raise awareness and als…

25 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06124 by Shona Robison on 25 January 2017, whether it will provide the uptake rates for 2016-17.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: (a) Shingles uptake 2016-17 Further to S5W-06124, vaccination uptake rates for the 2016-17 shingles vaccination programme are not yet available, however provisional uptake rates until the end of March 2017 can be found at: http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/immvax/…

25 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its contingency planning for a similar event in Scotland this winter, what assessment it has made of the recent influenza outbreak in Australia.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: Whilst the strains of flu circulating in Australia this past winter have led to a significant increase in cases, it is too early to know which strains of flu will dominate in Scotland this coming flu season. The news that the southern hemisphere has experienc…

25 Sep 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the forced treatment of a mental health patient prior to the facts having been established is compatible with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Scottish mental health and incapacity legislation is based on rights and principles. We believe that the 2003 Act is fully compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The 2003 Act has never been found, in part or in whole, by the European C…

18 Sep 2017 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand the number of places at medical schools for Scottish-domiciled students.