- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on the establishment of stoma fora in NHS boards, as recommended by the Stoma Care Quality and Cost Effectiveness Review, in 2016, and the National Stoma Quality Improvement Short Life Working Group, in 2019.
Answer
The Stoma Care Quality and Cost Effectiveness Review, in 2016, and the National Stoma Quality Improvement Short Life Working Group (NSQIG), in 2019 recommended that NHS Boards who currently do not have an established Stoma Forum should consider this. The Scottish Government was not represented on the NSQIG and the recommendation was for NHS Boards to consider.
The Scottish Government does not hold this information and we expect individual NHS Boards to consider and implement this recommendation locally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding NHS Scotland has received in value-related rebates from stoma care product suppliers in the last 10 years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information. National Procurement Scotland are responsible for the service level agreement with stoma manufacturers.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it guarantees that the approximately £2 million of funding received by NHS National Services Scotland national procurement from stoma care product suppliers in 2020 is used solely for stoma care specialist nursing services within NHS boards across Scotland, as per agreement NP642/13 (Stoma Community: Tariff Formulary).
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information and we would expect individual NHS Boards to consider and implement this funding locally.
The national procurement process responsibility is undertaken by NHS National Services Scotland for stoma care product suppliers and managing supplies to NHS Boards across Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the Detect Cancer Early Programme can be used to help improve awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms.
Answer
Our £44m Detect Cancer Early (DCE) Programme adopts a whole-systems approach to diagnosing and treating cancer as early as possible – ranging from screening and public awareness campaigns to diagnostics and data. The NHS Recovery Plan, published August 2021, commits an additional £20m for the Programme. A symptom-checker tool is included on the DCE website (getcheckedearly.org) to raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of cancer, including ovarian cancer.
An Early Cancer Diagnosis Programme Board has been formed, Chaired by Dr Catherine Calderwood, National Clinical Director at the Centre for Sustainable Delivery. This group will be responsible for shaping and supporting the delivery of Scotland’s early diagnosis agenda over the coming years, including any additional public awareness campaigns. Research is currently being undertaken to better understand the possible barriers and levers to early diagnosis that any new DCE campaigns should focus on, with results expected in April.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage women who have symptoms of ovarian cancer to contact their GP.
Answer
Women are encouraged to contact their GP practice if they have any worries about possible ovarian cancer symptoms every time cancer symptoms are referred to, including on our public facing website (getcheckedearly.org).
Research is currently being undertaken to better understand the possible barriers and levers to early diagnosis that any new Detect Cancer Early campaigns should focus on. These results are anticipated in April.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the requirement to take a COVID-19 lateral flow test before entering a care home will continue as restrictions ease, and whether these tests will continue to be free for people entering care homes.
Answer
As the First Minister set out on 17th March we have a testing transition plan which will ensure that Scotland continues to have a proportionate and effective testing response as we learn to live with covid.
Where the Government recommends that testing should continue to take place these tests will be provided free of charge.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what specific plans are in place to reduce orthopaedic surgery waiting lists, and back to pre-pandemic levels, where this applies.
Answer
This process is currently underway. Health Boards have been asked to submit 22-23 plans linked to activity trajectories and requests for funding, which will be used to allocate resources to address orthopaedic surgery waiting lists.
Additionally, as part of our 100 days commitments, we published an NHS Recovery Plan in August 2021. This sets out our plans for health and social are over the next 5 years. Backed by over £1 billion of funding, the Plan will support an increase in inpatient, daycase, and outpatient activity to address the backlogs of care in orthopaedics and other areas, supported by the implementation of sustainable improvements and new models of care.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05562 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, whether it plans to use the European Stroke Organisation Stroke Service Tracker that has been designed to report national progress and allow comparisons between countries participating in the stroke action plan.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes the work of the European Stroke Organisation and agree that it is vital to ensure improvements are made to stroke pathways and services, including prevention, treatment and care.
Through our Programme for Government commitments and the Stroke Improvement Plan, we are already reflecting the aims of the European Stroke Organisation’s appeal targets.
We are supporting the National Advisory Committee on Stroke to develop a progressive stroke pathway document which will set out the vision of what stroke services across Scotland should deliver across the whole patient pathway, including access to stroke rehabilitation, and access to support for people who have experienced a stroke. However, at this time, the Scottish Government does not have plans to use the tracker. The Scottish Stroke Care Audit will continue to track our progress against the Scottish stroke care standards.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05559 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, what criteria were used to determine the current stroke care brain scan standard of 90% scanned within 12 hours, and, in light of strokes often being time-critical medical emergencies, for what reasons it considers this standard to be appropriate.
Answer
The Scottish Stroke Improvement Team have reported on a 12 hour Standard for brain imaging since the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme National Report (2020). Prior to this, the standard had been within 24 hours. This change in Stroke Standard was in response to a change in the evidence base, with some new treatment regimes being shown to improve outcome when initiated within 12 hours of stroke onset.
Some cases of stroke are time critical emergencies and should be scanned immediately, for instance those patients requiring hyperacute interventions such as thrombolysis and thrombectomy. These specific cases have their own stroke standards on door-to-needle times which ensure that processes are audited and service improvement packages are put in place.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the median waiting time for a brain scan has been in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board.
Answer
The numbers of confirmed strokes admitted during 2016 - 2021 showing median time (minutes) to brain imaging are shown in the following table:
| Numbers of confirmed strokes | | Median time (minutes) to brain imaging |
NHS Board (of treatment) | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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NHSScotland | 9 094 | 9 138 | 9 388 | 9 460 | 8 956 | 10 341 | | 153 | 133 | 130 | 123 | 108 | 118 |
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Ayrshire & Arran | 831 | 843 | 819 | 860 | 810 | 907 | | 547 | 361 | 528 | 259 | 154 | 163 |
Borders | 212 | 182 | 182 | 248 | 237 | 265 | | 120 | 83 | 89 | 79 | 106 | 118 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 232 | 250 | 249 | 291 | 262 | 303 | | 240 | 201 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 71 |
Fife | 665 | 608 | 791 | 723 | 755 | 791 | | 137 | 124 | 130 | 126 | 100 | 118 |
Forth Valley | 507 | 507 | 509 | 494 | 556 | 580 | | 262 | 267 | 194 | 175 | 129 | 158 |
Grampian | 779 | 755 | 795 | 761 | 746 | 821 | | 76 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 62 |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 2 259 | 2 316 | 2 292 | 2 307 | 2 092 | 2 614 | | 141 | 137 | 137 | 129 | 114 | 129 |
Highland | 444 | 451 | 407 | 421 | 422 | 509 | | 138 | 98 | 104 | 86 | 79 | 80 |
Lanarkshire | 938 | 972 | 971 | 947 | 951 | 1 115 | | 207 | 148 | 126 | 125 | 119 | 142 |
Lothian | 1 424 | 1 443 | 1 442 | 1 409 | 1 112 | 1 418 | | 104 | 105 | 92 | 105 | 98 | 94 |
NHS National Waiting Times Centre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | | 561 | | 26 | 160 | 12 343 | 825 |
Orkney | 34 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 44 | | 100 | 86 | 87 | 108 | 90 | 120 |
Shetland | 39 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 40 | | 130 | 130 | 114 | 109 | 76 | 100 |
Tayside | 700 | 703 | 824 | 885 | 900 | 875 | | 492 | 567 | 344 | 210 | 161 | 162 |
Western Isles | 29 | 42 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 49 | | 78 | 67 | 54 | 59 | 54 | 91 |
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Source: Scottish Stroke Care Audit (SSCA); data collected using electronic system eSSCA. |
Date: 02-03-2022 |
1 Median times based on records with both dates and times of admission (or onset if in-hospital events) and brain imaging. |
2 The table excludes some in-hospital events where there was a query whether or not the patients woke with stroke symptoms. 3 NHS Waiting Times Centre has a very small number of Strokes and these are in patients that are post operative patients which effects the ability to perform the scan in a timely manner. 4 Please note 2021 data are provisional until published on 28-06-2022 |