Anas Sarwar

12 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many private consultancy reports have been commissioned by NHS Scotland in each year since 2010, broken down by (a) cost per report and (b) NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally.

12 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether patients admitted into acute assessment units are counted as admissions.

Answer · Shona Robison: Patients accessing these units will have been assessed by a senior clinician, either GP or hospital doctor, before being referred to the unit. These units carry out a wide range of clinical tests and observations, with clinical decisions being taken througho…

12 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many reports have been commissioned from Deloitte by NHS Scotland in each year since 2010 and at what cost, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally.

12 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many private audit reports have been commissioned by NHS Scotland in each year since 2010, broken down by (a) cost per report and (b) NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally.

12 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of A&E (a) admissions and (b) waiting times in 2016, broken down by (i) age profile and (ii) NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information is provided on the number of attendances by NHS Board and age group, and the performance against the 4 hour A&E waiting times standard by NHS Board and age group. The tables are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. Numb…

12 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether Deloitte has been commissioned to undertake a report on NHS general practice and, if so, (a) when it was commissioned, (b) at what cost and (c) when it will be published.

Answer · Shona Robison: Deloitte were commissioned to undertake an Analysis of General Practice Systems and Processes, to inform the work carried out under the Primary Care Digital Services Delivery Fund for prioritisation of funding for digital services and infrastructure, both loc…

12 Dec 2016 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest BMA GP survey.

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04777 by Shona Robison on 5 December 2016, whether it will provide a breakdown by NHS board of the figures provided for patients in the last five years who have been classified as delayed discharge, code 9 (awaiting completion of complex care arrang…

Answer · Shona Robison: The information requested can be found at http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Health-and-Social-Community-Care/Publications/data-tables.asp?id=1814#1814

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the Scottish Ambulance Service emergency response time has been in each year since 2007, broken down by regional operational division.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. Information on emergency ambulance response times, broken down by Board area can be found in the Scottish Ambulance Service annual reports, via the following link: http://www.scottishambulance…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many consultants each NHS board employs on a 9:1 contract, also broken down by how many were employed on this basis in each year since 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. Specific local information may be available from NHSScotland Health Boards.

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many psychiatric care units there are, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Inpatient Bed Census for mental health, addictions and learning disability identifies 95 NHS Scotland facilities containing wards covered by the census. Anyone with a mental illness can be treated in these wards. Undertaken in 2014 and 2016 the Inpatient…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged 26 and under with a mental health problem are being treated in adult services, broken down by age group.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Data on the number of people receiving treatment across Scotland and at individual NHS Health board level is available is published online on a quarterly basis by ISD and is available at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Publications/ The age range of 0 – 26 falls …

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board is spending on psychiatric care, also broken down by the amount spent in each year since 2007.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Scottish Health Service Costs is published annually by ISD Scotland with the support of the Scottish Government. Published costs information for NHSScotland, including for general psychiatric services, can be found at: https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-T…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the value of stolen medical equipment has been in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

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

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board is spending on social care, also broken down by the amount spent in each year since 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: NHS Board accounts do not separately identify spending on social care, which prior to April 2016 was a function of Local Government. Since April 2016, NHS and Local Government have been jointly responsible for the delivery of health and care through Health an…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many district nurses each NHS board employs, also broken down by how many have been employed in each year since 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: Sep-15 Sep-16 NHSScotland 1,054.0 1,051.4 NHS Ayrshire & Arran 51.7 50.6 NHS Borders 29.2 26.7 NHS Dumfries & Galloway 22.6 22.9 NHS Fife 87.5 88.5 NHS Forth Valley 45.2 52.3 NHS Grampian 110.5 104.8 NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde 242.2…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action the NHS is taking to tackle the reported rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Answer · Shona Robison: Tackling and reducing antimicrobial resistance remains a key priority for NHS Boards in Scotland. NHS Boards are working with the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group and National Services Scotland to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics and ensure th…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action the NHS takes to ensure that the pharmaceutical companies from which it procures antibiotics do not have manufacturing practices that are considered to be contributing to the reported rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria; whether it no longer uses any companies as a result o…

Answer · Shona Robison: The safety and efficacy of medicines in the UK is a reserved matter and is the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA also has responsibility for investigating any suggestions of poor manufacturing practice …

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider repealing section 242 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 on the grounds that it may deprive an adult with capacity the right to refuse treatment.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government is not currently considering repealing section 242 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (‘the 2003 Act’). Section 242 sets out the circumstances and safeguards for the giving of certain treatment to a person w…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many psychiatric patients have been registered in each year since 2004, also broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Maureen Watt: ISD publish a quarterly report on the number of people who have started treatment for Psychological Therapies as well as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, this data is provided by the NHS in Scotland and is published online at: http://www.isdscotla…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government in light of the report, Five Years On; Royal College of Nursing Scotland Review of the Transfer of Prison Health Care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland, what action it will take to amend or improve the escort/transport contract with G4S to ensure that more prisoners are ab…

Answer · Michael Matheson: I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: SPS does not find acceptable the late arrival of any prisoner at, or cancellation of, any appointment, and is very conscious of the potentia…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government in light of the report, Five Years On; Royal College of Nursing Scotland Review of the Transfer of Prison Health Care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland, what action it will take to ensure that every prisoner leaving custody is registered with a general practice.

Answer · Shona Robison: Health boards advise that all prisoners in Scotland with sentences of less than six months retain any registration they hold with their community General Practice and are registered as temporary residents with the prison healthcare centre. Prisoners with a s…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to reverse the trends shown in Table 2 of the report, Five Years On; Royal College of Nursing Scotland Review of the Transfer of Prison Health Care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland, which show that the percentage of respondents who (a) agree/stron…

Answer · Shona Robison: The National Nurse Advisor of the National Prisoner Healthcare Network will be liaising with the Scottish Executive Nurse Directors (SEND) Group in early 2017 to consider how best to respond to, and potentially address, the matters raised in the RCN Report. T…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04933 by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2016, when it will publish (a) the Mental Welfare Commission’s review of the process for investigating homicides by individuals who had previous contact with mental health services and its proposal for a revised p…

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland submitted a final version of its review report to the Scottish Government in November 2016. The report includes a review of the existing process of investigation of homicides by people who are users of mental health …

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will encourage the Scottish Prison Service and the NHS to extend their memorandum of understanding from nine to all 14 NHS boards in order to improve through care.

Answer · Shona Robison: The nine NHS Boards that have signed the memorandum of understanding, each has at least one prison within its territorial boundary. The other five Boards do not. However, going forward, if a prison is to be built within the boundary of any of these five Board…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason prisons are not included in the national HEAT standard that NHS boards are required to meet regarding waiting times for psychological therapies.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The health care of prisoners transferred to the NHS as of November 2011. The national HEAT standard (now an LDP standard) for psychological therapies waiting times was approved in November 2010 for inclusion in HEAT from April 2011, before the NHS was respons…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on adults who have the capacity to make a treatment decision having an absolute right to refuse any treatment.

Answer · Maureen Watt: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-04352 on 9 November 2016 and also S5W-04700 on 23 November 2016. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://…

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22551 by Kenny MacAskill on 2 October 2014, for what reason the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) stated in the answer that “SPS does not recognise that LDDs [learning difficulties and disabilities] are a significant issue amongst the prisoner populatio…

Answer · Michael Matheson: I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The previous response to question S4W-22551 clearly stated SPS’s recognition that LDD was a significant issue within the prison population. …

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, Five Years On; Royal College of Nursing Scotland Review of the Transfer of Prison Health Care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Scottish Government notes the finding of the report 'Five Years On; Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland Review of the Transfer of Prison Health Care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland'. The report highlights a number of important areas …

5 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether a failure by a mental health tribunal to test the evidence that a patient lacked the ability to make a decision about their treatment could provide grounds for appeal to the sheriff principal.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Mental Health Tribunal Scotland is an independent organisation and was established by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to make decisions on the care and treatment of people who are subject to the Act. The aim of the Tribunal is t…