- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether delaying the proposed new clinical decision support system will lead to radiology breaking away from the national project and, if so, what the impact of this will be.
Answer
The national clinical decision support (CDS) discovery project has considered how a national proposal to CDS Platform might benefit clinical decision across NHS services. Radiology has been part of that project. SG officials have recently met with representatives of the Scottish Radiology Transformation Project (SRTP) CDS steering group to discuss key interdependencies and associated risks between a proposed National Decision Support Platform and the radiology project providing CDS to that speciality. Radiology colleagues are considering future options for the STRP and an SG decision on a national platform is due over the Summer.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it being an open standards solution, for what reason it is halting work on implementing the proposed new clinical decision support system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S5W-23295 on 30 May 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, 20 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the purpose is of the review of the clinical decision support system; whether it will publish the review's criteria; what questions are being asked in the review, and which clinicians are in the review team.
Answer
A review is currently being scoped to provide due diligence over the consideration of the business case for a National Decision Support Platform. I will be happy to update the member on the outcome of the review once it is concluded.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it will measure the clinical impact of the decision to delay the proposed new clinical decision support system.
Answer
No decision has yet been taken about the future business case for a National Decision Support Platform. A review is being scoped to consider all the implications involved with proceeding including alignment with the National Digital Platform, key projects that are dependent on a National Decision Support Platform, benefits (including clinical), and financial sustainability.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 29 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23058 by Clare Haughey on 16 May 2019, whether the assertion that "very few people who access mental health care and treatment are ever treated against their will" is supported by data collected by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.
Answer
Around 1 in 4 people are likely to be affected by mental illness at some point in their lives. Most people who use mental health services receive treatment do so without being subject to an order or certificate under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. Mental health law in Scotland is based on rights and principles and offers patients significant safeguards where compulsory treatment is necessary.
Data collected by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland pertains to those who are receiving care and treatment subject to orders under the 2003 Act. Even where someone is subject to an order under mental health legislation, they may still give their consent to treatment.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the patient access criteria will be for fertility preservation and storage for medical reasons, and how these criteria will ensure equity of access.
Answer
A sub-group of the National Infertility Group has been working on developing guidelines and pathways, including patient access criteria, for fertility preservation and storage for medical reasons. This work is ongoing and the group expects to report to the National Infertility Group over the summer to consider next steps.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09444 by Shona Robison on 9 June 2017, whether it will provide the information for each year since 2016-17.
Answer
The following table highlights data from Higher Education Statistics Agency HESA records, from the Scottish Funding Council, showing Scotland-domiciled people who have entered pre-registration nursing and midwifery training since 2016-17.
Academic Year | Entrants (Headcount) | |
2016-17 | 2857 | |
2017-18 | 3087 | |
TOTAL | 5944 | |
1. Source – Scottish Funding Council – HESA data.
2. These figures exclude Open University Data ( 26 entrants in 2016-17 and 24 entrants in 2017-18 ).
3. HESA data for 2018-19 will be available in late 2019.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S5W-22908 and S5W-22909 by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 May 2019, whether it plans to carry out a similar review of the screening programme in Scotland to assess whether any improvements can be made.
Answer
The Scottish Government commissioned a Review of Screening in 2017 to examine the management and overall delivery of the six national screening programmes in Scotland to improve resilience, effectiveness and efficiency, and to ensure that screening services are ready to address future priorities and challenges.
The Review recognises the scale and complexity of the challenges around national screening programmes, and made a total of 23 recommendations. Ministers have accepted the Review in full and work is underway to develop an implementation plan for these recommendations.
The review report will be available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) reference 60693.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to amend the Health and Social Care Standards to prohibit the use of chemical restraint.
Answer
The Health and Social Care Standards set out the quality of care we can expect to receive and reflect the way that everyone should expect to be treated. The Standards are designed to be flexible and to be considered alongside any review of legislation and best practice without the need for further amendment. We therefore have no plans to amend the Standards.
If a person's independence, control and choice are restricted the Standards make clear that this should be kept to a minimum, carried out sensitively, and comply with relevant legislation and current best practice. Relevant legislation for the use of chemical restraint makes clear that consent is required where an individual has capacity. Where an individual does not have capacity, the use of chemical restraint must only be applied in exceptional circumstances to the benefit of the individual.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Parliament will be asked to approve its choice of the chair of the review of mental health and incapacity legislation.
Answer
I refer to member to the answer to question S5W-23287 on 20 May 2019 and announced the appointment of John Scott QC as Chair of this independent review. 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 .