Miles Briggs

10 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports people with Lyme disease, and other unidentified co-infections, who have developed chronic illness because they have missed the early treatment window as they did not notice a tick-bite or rash.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: The majority of Lyme disease cases can be diagnosed and treated in primary care without the need for specialist input, however where specialist input is needed such cases would be cared for by Infectious Disease Consultants. Increasing awareness amongst the …

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many attacks on NHS staff have been recorded in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: This information is not held centrally. Figures on violence and aggression towards NHS Scotland staff are collated by Health Boards, in line with the relevant policies and procedures. The following table, from Justice Analytical Services provides data on con…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many “did not attend” appointments have been recorded in each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The table on the number of Did Not Attends (DNA's) for New Outpatient Appointments in each NHS Health Board of Treatment from 2007-2018 is available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 60855) Please note that DNA recording for NHS Lo…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.

Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: Fluoride is not added to any drinking water supply in Scotland and there is no plan to do so. The decision on whether to begin adding fluoride to water supplies in Scotland would be one for the local NHS Health Board. They are required to undertake a full pub…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children currently receive two hours or two periods of PE at school each week.

Answer · John Swinney: As part of the annual Heathy Living survey the Scottish Government collects information on schools meeting PE targets of at least 120 of Physical Education per week in primary schools and 100 minutes (two periods) of PE in secondary schools. This information …

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices were closed to new patient registrations in each NHS board area in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Management information shows the following number of practices were closed to new patient registrations in each NHS board: Board/Year Borders, Fife, Forth Valley, Highland,Lothian, Shetland,  and Western Isles GreaterGlasgow  andClyde Lanarkshire Orkney …

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff residential properties each NHS board owns.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Scottish Government does not hold information on NHS staff residential properties each NHS board owns.

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many health and food technology teachers there have been in each local authority area in each year since 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: Health and food technology is not a teacher subject category collected by the Scottish Government. Please refer to our teacher census supplementary table 8.9 for FTE (full-time equivalent) of home economic teachers in secondary schools. https://www2.gov.scot…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many school nurses there have been in each local authority area in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The information requested on how many school nurses there have been in each local authority area since 2007 is not centrally held. Information on school nurses by NHS Board has been published on the ISD website available here: https://www.isdscotland.org/He…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to NHS boards on reviewing patients on methadone.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: Guidance on the prescribing, and the reviewing of prescriptions, of methadone, and other opioid substitute therapies is available to all NHS Boards through the 'Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management' (2017 Clinical Guidelines). Thes…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have accessed cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Answer · Clare Haughey: Performance data for psychological therapies is reported at an aggregate level, therefore information is not held centrally on the number of people who have accessed CBT by NHS Board since 2007.

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many respite care breaks have been provided to carers in each year since 2007.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-20315 on 13 December 2018. 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/parliamentarybusin…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many dedicated community nurses there have been in each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The number of dedicated community nurses by NHS Board from 2007 to the most recent published data as at 31 March 2019 is on the ISD website, available here: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2019-06-04/Non-Medical_Trend_M2019.x…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths from alcoholic liver disease have been recorded in each year since 2007.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: Alcoholic Liver disease is one of 15 conditions included in the Alcohol Specific Deaths statistics published annually by National Records of Scotland. Data for number of deaths by underlying cause of death is available in table 2 of the NRS Alcohol-specific …

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest wait to be assessed for a hearing aid has been in each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Data on Audiology service waits is included as part of the 18 weeks referral to treatment waiting time data which is published quarterly by ISD. The 18 weeks referral to treatment performance information is based on an aggregate return from NHS Boards and doe…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been prescribed methadone in each year since 2007.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: Information on the number of people who have been prescribed methadone is not held centrally. NHS Information Services Division (ISD) publish figures on the Scottish Public Health Observatory (https://www.scotpho.org.uk/behaviour/drugs/data/treatment-for-dru…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many patients have received NHS treatment following treatment in the private health sector.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: This information is not held as private health sector treatment, which is not funded by the NHS, is not recorded on a national database.

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many referrals have been made using the ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) mental health service in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Clare Haughey: ALISS is an on-line directory service, openly accessible to all, which lists community assets and connects people with sources of support in their area to help them to manage their own health conditions effectively. The directory includes sources of support i…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people without a fixed abode have been discharged from hospital in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: No-fixed abode also includes individuals with a mobile lifestyle, such as travellers, and people with multiple residences, or those living temporarily with friends or family. Analysis is based on the number of discharges. Individual patients may appear a num…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many nurses have been recruited under the Specialist Nursing and Care Fund to improve access to specialist nursing support.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Since 2015, the Scottish Government has provided additional financial support to NHS Boards of over £2.4 million to enhance clinical nurse specialist provision and care. The report on the specialist nursing and care fund, published in September 2017, outlines…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many NHS prescriptions have been issued in each year since 2007, and how many were not collected.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Information on the number of prescription issued and uncollected within the time periods requested is not readily available. Each community pharmacy contractor will have a standard operating procedure for dispensing medicine which will include how to deal wi…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been diagnosed with dementia in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Clare Haughey: No information is collected specifically on how many people have been diagnosed with dementia in each year since 2007, either nationally or broken down by NHS Board. The table below, published by NHS National Services Scotland, shows the number of formal dem…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist dementia beds have been available in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Clare Haughey: No information is collected specifically on how many specialist dementia beds have been available in each year since 2007, either nationally or broken down by NHS Board. The following table, published by NHS National Services Scotland, shows the availability…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of eating disorders have been recorded in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Clare Haughey: Number of cases with eating disorder diagnoses1 by health board of treatment, 2007 - 2017.  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Ayrshire & Arran 35 35 29 50 44 31 52 37 25 49 23 Borders 11 8 7 16 15 22 21 16 …

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been awarded to the third sector to provide drug and alcohol services in each year since 2007.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: This information is not held centrally. Responsibility for sectoral distribution rests with Integration Authorities and Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs). Before integration went live in 2016 this responsibility rested with NHS Boards and ADPs. In additio…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been admitted into acute NHS settings from care homes in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The number of admissions from care homes to NHS hospitals for each NHS Board is shown in the following table, by calendar year. It should be noted that an individual patient may be counted more than once if they were admitted from a care home on multiple sepa…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many pharmacists have been based in GP surgeries in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Scottish Government does not hold the information in the manner requested. Prior to June 2015 arrangements for pharmacists in GP practices were local agreements put in place at Board level. However, from June 2015 the Primary Care Fund was allocated to Bo…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) drugs and (b) treatments are currently available through NHS England but not in Scotland, and vice-versa.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Information on which drugs are currently available through NHS England but not in Scotland, and vice versa is not readily available. The Scottish Drug Tariff list those items which are reimbursable to community pharmacies if presented with a prescription for…

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many NHS patients have sought advice on the use of medical cannabis since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: This information is not held centrally. It may be available on request from health boards.

2 Jul 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many NHS patients from Scotland have received treatment in hospitals in other parts of the (a) UK, (b) EU and (c) world in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The following tables show the number of people from Scotland who have received elective or emergency treatment as an inpatient or day case in hospitals in other parts of the UK in each year since 1999. The data across the UK is not directly comparable due to …