- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the study "Findings of Scottish Specialist Pain Workforce Study”, which was contained in the minutes of the National Advisory Committee on Chronic Pain meeting on 26 June 2019, how many whole-time equivalent (WTE) staff work in pain clinics, also broken down by discipline.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to the question S5W-26424 on 27 November 2019. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all returns made by NHS boards to the study, “Findings of Scottish Specialist Pain Workforce Study", which is included in the minutes of the National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain meeting on 26 June 2019.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-26424 on 27 November 2019. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted for falsely acting as a medical professional in each year since 2007.
Answer
The available information is provided in the following table, which has been produced from the Scottish Government’s criminal proceedings database .
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
MEDICAL
ACT 1983
S49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DENTISTS
ACT 1984
S38(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
THE NURSING
AND MIDWIFERY
ORDER 2001
ARTICLE 44(1)(A) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Total | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
However, it should be noted that, while it is a criminal offence for someone to practise or hold themselves out as a member of one of the health professions regulated in law, the statutory regulators would normally refer such concerns to the public prosecuting authorities. In fact, false practitioners may never have belonged to the register of the profession in which they were practising illegally and may come before the courts for other reasons without the involvement or awareness of that regulator. In addition, cases may be prosecuted on charges of common law fraud on the basis of financial gain by deception and misrepresentation rather than issues of professional practice, therefore figures for this specific offence cannot be accurately collated by any one authority.
Please note: Information for 2018-19 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2018-19 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in January 2020.
The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up to date list of future publications can be found at:
https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/ForthcomingPubs .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-03409 by John Swinney on 19 June 2019 (Official Report, c. 17), what review it has conducted into the extent of multi-level teaching across the country.
Answer
Running bi-level or multi-level course classes is one approach many schools have used for many years to increase the amount of choice available to their pupils.
There will be varying levels of prior attainment in any class and Education Scotland has yet to see any firm evidence from inspections of educational disadvantage due to multilevel teaching.
In line with the unanimous decision of the Parliament on 1 May 2019, we will be conducting an independent review of the senior phase of Curriculum for Excellence. The review will provide an opportunity to look at the impact of different approaches to learning and teaching, including bi-level and multi-level teaching.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many child hospital patients have been admitted to adult wards in each year since 2007.
Answer
This information is not routinely collected but individual Health Boards may have information on the position in each hospital in their area.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25456 by Jeane Freeman on 17 October 2019, what plans it has to include non-clinical support, particularly representatives of the voluntary and community sector, in the cross-sector team that will be tasked with providing focussed support on unscheduled care and delayed discharges.
Answer
The support team will be engaging directly with ward and clinical staff to address process and cultural issues within the hospital, and includes representatives from the community sector. It does not currently include anyone from the voluntary sector However, we will also be convening an advisory group which would provide wider advice around improving performance and support any further guidance that may be developed. This group will include representatives from the voluntary sector.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24196 by Jeane Freeman on 26 July 2019 regarding attacks on NHS staff, whether it is in a position to publish the figure for 2018-19 and, if not, when this information will become available.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not in a position to publish information on how many attacks on NHS staff have been recorded in 2018-19, as this information is not held centrally. Information on assaults on staff is collated by Health Boards.
The Scottish Government publishes data on persons convicted under the Emergency Worker(s) Act (Scotland) 2005 on an annual basis. Data for 2018-19 will be available in January 2020 and published on:
https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/DatasetsCrimProc/CP1718EWA
Staff in our NHS are our biggest asset and should not be assaulted, obstructed or hindered for doing their jobs. That is why we extended the provisions in the Act to cover doctors nurses and midwives working in the community, as well as those in hospital settings and paramedics.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its submission of 15 October 2019 to the Public Petitions Committee in response to PE01710, whether it will confirm which care homes provide specialist care for people with neurological conditions.
Answer
As at 31 December 2018, there were ten care homes stating in their annual returns to the Care Inspectorate that their main provision of care was for people with neurological conditions (other than dementia). The ten care homes are listed below along with their local authority area.
Service Name | Local Authority |
Dee View Court | Aberdeen City |
Leonard Cheshire Disability - Alemoor Crescent | City of Edinburgh |
Leuchie House | East Lothian |
Linlathen Neurodisability Centre | Dundee City |
Marchglen Care Centre | Clackmannanshire |
Quarriers - Ashgrove / Glen Valley | Inverclyde |
Quarriers Finnart Street | Inverclyde |
Robert Allan Unit | Fife |
The Huntercombe Services -
Murdostoun Neurodisability Centre | North Lanarkshire |
The Manor Care Centre | Highland |
In addition to these care homes, 330 care homes stated in their annual returns that they could provide care for people with neurological conditions (other than dementia). The Care Inspectorate does not have information on the degree of neurological specialised care that is provided.
Furthermore many care homes provide specialist care for people with dementia which is a progressive neurological condition.
The information provided is based on annual returns for 31 December 2018 to the Care Inspectorate. Please note that the data may not be completed by all services and the data collected is not verified in any way.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments by the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh that Scotland's tax rates and the scrapping of bonuses for doctors have had a negative impact on attracting medical students.
Answer
Scotland continues to enjoy a world-class reputation as a place to work and train for doctors. The progressive approach we have taken to the Scottish Income Tax helps to provide a wider and better-funded set of free-to-access public services than in the rest of the UK.
Medical staff have received a 2.5% pay award, backdated to 1 April 2019. This means junior doctors working on typical rotas in Scotland can be up to £6,000 a year better off than their English equivalents.
Our Consultants and Specialty Doctors the remain the best-paid in the UK.
We are delivering a more sustainable medical workforce. The number of doctors in training has increased by more than 6% under this Government, and 92% of our specialty training posts are filled. In addition, by 2020-21, we will have increased medical schools places by 22%, equivalent to an extra 190 places. We are also investing more than £4 million in the next three years on recruitment campaigns, focusing on attracting and retaining GPs, nurses and midwives.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 21 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish services to support people who are addicted to online gaming.
Answer
Anyone who believes that online gaming is affecting their health, or that of a loved one, should consult their GP in the first instance. Out of hours, health advice and support can be obtained from NHS24 by calling 111, or from Breathing Space by calling 0800 83 85 87.
