- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole time equivalent radiographers who were fully qualified to undertake MRI scans there were working in the NHS in the financial year (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21, (d) 2021-22 and 2022-23 to date, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The requested information on how many whole time equivalent radiographers who were fully qualified to undertake MRI scans working in the NHS in the financial year (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21, (d) 2021-22 and 2022-23 to date, broken down by NHS board is not centrally available.
Information on how many whole time equivalent Radiographers (Diagnosis and Therapy) working in the NHS since 2012, broken down by NHS Board can be found in the following link: NHSScotland workforce | Turas Data Intelligence
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many new paramedics will be recruited as part of the £45 million that was committed to in the winter resilience plan.
Answer
113 paramedics will be recruited as a result of the investment of £45 million by the Scottish Government, as outlined in the Winter Resilience Plan.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people who are awaiting inpatient appointments to access orthopaedic procedures have been waiting for over (a) two years, (b) two years and six months and (c) three years.
Answer
Table 1 presents the latest published number of patients covered by the Treatment Time Guarantee (TTG) that were waiting within an inpatient or day case setting in Scotland at 30 June 2022, and the number waiting over two years (104 weeks), 2 years and six months (130 weeks), and 3 years (156 weeks) for an Orthopaedics procedure.
Table 1 - Number of patients waiting for an inpatient or day case admission for Orthopaedics by length of wait in NHSScotland, at 30 June 2022
Patient Type | Number On list | Waiting over two years | Waiting over two years and six months | Waiting over three years |
Daycase | 16,898 | 759 | 251 | 22 |
Inpatient | 25,303 | 1,850 | 673 | 71 |
Total | 42,201 | 2,609 | 924 | 93 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that a large number of junior doctors are considering leaving NHS Scotland due to poor pay and conditions, what steps it is taking to avoid any such situation arising.
Answer
Junior Doctors are a valuable part of the NHS Scotland workforce. The Scottish Government has implemented a 4.5% pay uplift this year which is in line with the independent DDRB recommendations. The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care is aware of Junior Doctors concerns in relation to this pay award and wishes to ensure fairness across the NHS pay system.
The Scottish Government has been working with BMA and NHS Employers to take forward the Expert Working Group recommendation and key priorities within the BMA Wellbeing report. A Joint Statement on Junior Doctor Health and Wellbeing was agreed between all parties on 1 June 2022 and work is now underway to implement this important work.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by role of the total number of whole time equivalent staff joining NHS 24, as committed to in the winter resilience plan, and how many will be in post by 1 December 2022.
Answer
NHS 24 will have recruited an additional 41.81 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) staff by 1 December 2022. These additional posts support the recruitment priorities set out in the Winter Resilience Plan.
The following table shows the breakdown by role of the total number of WTE staff joining NHS 24 through to 1 December 2022. The role of Call Operator was re-created in September 2022 to supplement NHS 24's call handling capacity.
Key Skill set | WTE as at 30 September 2022 | Number of WTE joined in October and November 2022 |
Call Handlers | 498.19 | 28.82 |
Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Supervisors | 138.49 | 9.79 |
Call Operators (including Dental) | 1.92 | 3.2 |
TOTAL | 638.6 | 41.81 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £15.1 million investment for NHS 24, as committed to in the winter resilience plan, will be spent.
Answer
NHS 24 has received £15.1 million to support improvements that lead to sustainable delivery across the Redesign of Urgent Care pathway and contribute to the wider ambition to reduce attendances at acute care.
This funding is largely committed to the recruitment of additional workforce to support the NHS 24 -111 service which includes increasing their call handler and clinical supervisor capacity which will support improvements in call answering times.
Funding will also be used to further develop public information through NHS Inform, develop public messaging about access to services and improve data sharing and digital support to optimise the continuity and co-ordination of care.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been removed for Primary Care Implementation Plans from each Integration Joint Board as part of the Emergency Budget Review.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not removing funding for Primary Care implementation plans. Reserves that have been built up over four years by HSCPs are now being used so that recurring funding for recruiting multi-disciplinary teams can be maintained. It is prudent to reinvest these public funds given that these reserves have been steadily accumulating over a number of years, especially at a time of considerable inflation. At the same time, we have increased the recurring funding for primary care improvement to £170m in 2022-23.
Reserves held by Integration Authorities, comprising Primary Care Improvement Fund (PCIF) funding from previous years, have been utilised in funding this year's PCIF allocation, resulting in a one-off benefit. The distribution of these reserves is set out in the following table:
NHS Board Name | IA Name | In-year reserve adjustment
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Ayrshire & Arran | East Ayrshire | 573 | |
| | North Ayrshire | 554 | |
| | South Ayrshire | 573 | |
Borders | Scottish Borders | 1,444 | |
Dumfries & Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway | 1,227 | |
Fife | Fife | 1,382 | |
Forth Valley | Clackmannanshire and Stirling | 22 | |
| | Falkirk | 954 | |
Grampian | Aberdeen City | 26 | |
| | Aberdeenshire | 1,037 | |
| | Moray | 0 | |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde | East Dunbartonshire | 213 | |
| | East Renfrewshire | 666 | |
| | Glasgow City | 0 | |
| | Inverclyde | 0 | |
| | Renfrewshire | 0 | |
| | West Dunbartonshire | 529 | |
Highland | Argyll and Bute | 277 | |
| | Highland | 0 | |
Lanarkshire | Lanarkshire combined | 4,005 | |
Lothian | East Lothian | 278 | |
| | Edinburgh | 1,203 | |
| | Midlothian | 402 | |
| | West Lothian | 638 | |
Orkney | Orkney Islands | 0 | |
Shetland | Shetland Islands | 230 | |
Tayside | Angus | 0 | |
| | Dundee City | 274 | |
| | Perth and Kinross | 0 | |
Western Isles | Western Isles | 157 | |
Total | | 17,364 | |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
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Current Status:
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the new funding that it has provided in the current financial year to recruit additional staff for the NHS, and what the level of overseas recruitment has been.
Answer
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work it has undertaken to help Homeless Project Scotland find premises in Glasgow.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what COVID-19 mitigation measures will continue in health and social care settings until the end of the current financial year, and what the estimated cost is of these.
Answer
Health and Social care settings are expected to follow the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual when caring for individuals who have been diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19.
Guidance on infection control measures across health and social care settings is determined by, and kept under constant review in light of, new and emerging evidence. While reduced prevalence of the virus and hospitalisation rates has resulted in an easing of the previous infection and prevention control (IPC) measures, and a consequent reduction in costs, various mitigations remain in place.
These includeongoing symptomatic testing for staff working in face-to-face roles with patients and service users in health and social care settings and extended use of face masks and face coverings in hospitals, primary care and wider community healthcare. As well as ongoing support measures including the Social Care Staff Support Fund (supporting staff whilst they self-isolate), financial support arrangements relating to testing in care homes and staff vaccinations, and PPE Hubs remaining available in case of emergency PPE being required and for unpaid carers and personal assistants.
The Scottish Government continues to work closely with NHS Boards and Integration Authorities to manage Covid expenditure within the 2022-23 budget and is considering the on-going cost of measures as part of the 2023-24 budget process.
