- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed a national online portal to support all NHS staff equality networks to share resources, information and support.
Answer
Humza Yousaf: ‘Progress has been made with delivery of this commitment, stage one of the design of the portal has been completed and NHS Education Scotland have been commissioned to bring together staff equality networks across NHS Scotland to discuss proposed content, in connection with sharing resources, information and support.’
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to accelerate training to increase the number of individuals trained to perform endoscopies in the NHS.
Answer
Our Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan , published on 30 November 2021, is backed by £70m investment and focuses on recovery of services, including Workforce Training and Development.
The National Endoscopy Training Programme (NETP) was established in September 2021 and has recruited staff to deliver endoscopy training to a wide range of learners from different professional backgrounds. This supports the upskilling of practitioners from across Health Boards through a range of courses, including immersion training.
We have also established training programmes for Nurse Endoscopists, Advanced Urology Practitioners and Healthcare Support worker.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole time equivalent (WTE) (a) clinical psychologist, (b) counsellor, (c) project coordinator, (d) community navigator, (e) assistant psychologist and (f) other posts have been created to support the health and social care workforce in the last 12 months.
Answer
The requested information on how many WTE (c) project coordinators and (d) community navigators is not centrally available.
Information on how many WTE (a) clinical psychologists, (b) counsellors (e) assistant psychologists and (f) other posts created to support the health and social care workforce in the last 12 months can be found on the following link NHSScotland workforce | Turas Data Intelligence .
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what emerging technologies it has identified to assist in bridging any gap between service capacity and demand in health and social care, alongside expanding workforce capabilities and expertise.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working in conjunction with NES to support the identification of emerging technologies to assist the gap between service demand and capacity within the health and care system, particularly around staff training to enhance skills. Examples include:
- Online training provision within the Scotland Deanery.
- Train-the-trainer for “simulation” training across a number of specialties and in specific procedures, such as in cystoscopy.
- Virtual reality pilots for communications training in handling stressful situations in pre-hospital emergency care and mental health tribunals.
- Mental health simulation training.
- Virtual reality simulators, including six endoscopy simulators in 6 different health boards, alongside a national introductory course covering cancer diagnosis.
- A national urology simulator and learning programme.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Scottish National Party manifesto commitment to recruit "1,500 more NHS staff to deliver our elective centre programme and increase specialist capacity", and how many additional staff have been hired through (a) domestic and (b) international recruitment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-10530 on 28 September 2022. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has launched a new National Leadership Development Programme for all different staff levels within health and social care organisations, and, if this is the case, how (a) much has been spent on the programme, (b) many staff have used it and (c) it will influence culture change in the sector.
Answer
In my statement to parliament in November last year I stated I had recently launched Leading to Change, the Scottish Government’s national leadership development programme, for health, social work and social care. More information can be found on the website: Leading to Change | Leadership Development | NHS Scotland
a) The budget for Leading to Change is £978,000 for year 2022-23.
b) We have conducted user research to ascertain the programme’s reach and to ensure it fully meets the user needs. As of 9 January the following data applies:
- Website ; 7,774 users, 30,731 page views - 3rd October 2022 (launch) to 9th January 2023 (18:00);
- 1983 people signed up to distribution list - 3rd October 2022 (launch) to 9th January 2023 (18:00);
- 10,238 registered users on the Leading to Change app - 3rd October 2022 (launch) to 9th January 2023
- Twitter 5,569 followers as at 9th January 2023 (accounts were @ProjectLiftScot pre 3rd October 2022)
- 964 colleagues attended 11 events - 3rd October 2022 (launch) to 9th January 2023
- 107 colleagues on longer term leadership development programmes delivered or co-delivered by Leading to Change between Sept 22 – 09 January 2023 (some programme began before the launch date)
- 178/200 available Leadership Live subscriptions (22 pending) 3rd October 2022 (launch) to 9th January 2023
c) By ensuring we invest in leadership development we are supporting our valuable front line services to create the conditions and culture that are critical to delivering better outcomes for the people who use our services. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the core of the Leading to Change programme with tailored and targeted interventions being delivered to increase and support the diverse workforce.
An update on the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care will be published later this year.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff there have been in each year since 2007.
Answer
The information on how many Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff there have been in each year since 2007 can be found: CAMHS | Turas Data Intelligence (nhs.scot)
The staff in post tab provides quarterly data for CAMHS workforce.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken with the UK Department of Health and Social Care on developing partnerships with individual countries to support direct access to international labour markets.
Answer
The Scottish Government is represented on the Cross-Whitehall International Recruitment Steering Group chaired by the Department of Health and Social Care. The Steering Group provides national policy oversight on international supply activity, including the development of bilateral country to country agreements, ensuring consistent ethical practices in line with the International recruitment of health and social care personnel: Scottish Code of Practice - August 2022 (revised) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed a pilot model for primary care training hubs, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland and NHS boards, in order to increase training capacity within primary care for GPs and all members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) workforce.
Answer
Primary care training hubs model has been developed and is in operation in GP practices in NHS Lothian and NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is working with Health Boards and GP practices to continue to increase training capacity in primary care settings for GPs and the MDT workforce. This work will inform the future use of training hubs and will accommodate the significant planned increases to medical undergraduate, foundation and GP training places, as well as other staff groups, announced by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the Centre for Workforce Supply.
Answer
In 2021-22 funding of £91.4k was allocated to NHS Education for Scotland to support the Centre for Workforce Supply. The amount to be allocated in 2022-23 will be clarified at the financial year end.