- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many contracts NHS Scotland has signed with private firms since 1 January 2019, broken down by service area covered and (a) total and (b) individual value.
Answer
This information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The member may wish to consider contacting individual health boards to obtain this information.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the uptake of the MMR vaccination is maximised.
Answer
In Scotland, uptake rates of one dose of MMR by five years have remained above the World Health Organisation's 95% target since 2009. In addition to the MMR vaccine offered to infants, the MMR status of secondary school pupils is checked during routine teenage vaccinations and the MMR vaccine is offered if appropriate. We are not complacent and continue to make every effort to promote and encourage uptake of the MMR vaccination.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many carers have been supported to take a break from caring through provisions in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, and how many people have been entitled to such support.
Answer
The information requested is being collected through a new Carers Census. As this is the first time the Carers Census has been run, the 2018-19 collection was split into two separate 6-month collections: the first covering 1st April to 30 September 2018 and the second covering 1st October 2018 to the end of March 2019. After the second 6 months of data has been returned, the consolidated responses from both collections will be analysed and quality assured. Scottish Government intend to publish the results by late 2019.
The data received through the first 6-month data collection is incomplete due to low response rates, along with variable data quality across the returns received. Scottish Government are working with stakeholders in order to improve the collection and gather reliable and robust data through the Carers Census as efficiently as possible. To this end, Scottish Government held an event with data providers on 1st April 2019 before the second collection opened to help address some of the issues that arose during the first collection and to consult with providers on improving the guidance and process for future collections.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the recommendations of the National Short Life Working Group in its report on hepatitis C virus case finding and access to care in November 2018.
Answer
I commend the National Short Life Working Group for its report on Hepatitis C Virus Case Finding and Access to Care which was published in November 2018. Scotland has long been known as a world leader in tackling hepatitis C, and this report is an example of the expertise and collaborative working that have built that reputation.
The report gives evidence-based recommendations on how to find and provide treatment to people infected with the hepatitis C virus, and I know that NHS Boards and Third Sector Organisations have been working to implement those recommendations.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been referred by the NHS to residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in each year since 2007.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
However, Information Services Division Scotland publish quarterly statistics on treatment waiting times and types of treatment undertaken which shows how many residential detoxification and rehabilitation treatments were started in that period. This information is available here - https://www.isdscotland.org/index.asp .
It should be noted, however, that it isn’t possible to say that the number of treatments started equals the number of individuals undertaking them as the same individual may drop-out and re-start a treatment.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it has rejected the South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan 2, and whether it will set out its position on the future of strategic development policy for the development plan region and Edinburgh.
Answer
Ministers rejected South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan 2 as it was not informed by an adequate and timely transport appraisal, and did not sufficiently take account of the relationship between land use and transport. The Planning Bill as passed introduces a duty for planning authorities to work together to undertake strategic planning. It is now the responsibility of the constituent authorities to decide the next steps and the Scottish Government has offered to support them with this.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the organisational structure is of the access support team for chronic pain issues that supports the Scottish Access Collaborative, and which organisations advise the team.
Answer
The Access Support Team is an internal Scottish Government department which is made up of performance and improvement staff who work closely with NHS Boards to ensure best practice is instilled across all hospital sites, and to share good practice and innovation across NHSScotland.
The team works closely with the Clinical Priorities Unit who coordinate the National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain, and that includes NHS staff as well as Scottish Government officials along with third sector and patient representatives.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many scans have been sent abroad for reading by the NHS, and what the cost has been, in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The member may wish to consider contacting individual health boards to obtain this information.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest wait to be assessed for a hearing aid has been in each NHS board in each year since 2007.
Answer
Data on Audiology service waits is included as part of the 18 weeks referral to treatment waiting time data which is published quarterly by ISD. The 18 weeks referral to treatment performance information is based on an aggregate return from NHS Boards and does not provide specialty level data.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many children currently receive two hours or two periods of PE at school each week.
Answer
As part of the annual Heathy Living survey the Scottish Government collects information on schools meeting PE targets of at least 120 of Physical Education per week in primary schools and 100 minutes (two periods) of PE in secondary schools. This information can be found, along with the pupil roll of the schools at the time of the Healthy Living survey in table 29 in the Healthy Living Survey supplementary tables, available on the Scottish Government website here:
https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/MealsSD/mealspesd