- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time has been for an endoscopy appointment following referral at each NHS board in each year since 2007.
Answer
Information on the maximum waiting times for Endoscopy appointments is not collected centrally. Information Services Division only collect aggregate data for diagnostics so are unable to determine the average or longest waiting times for endoscopy appointments.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Ash Denham on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent supporting neighbourhood watch schemes in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Government has supported Neighbourhood Watch Scotland (NWS) since it was established in 2008. Over this period, the Scottish Government has provided funding of £870,877.
The Scottish Government continues to work closely with Neighbourhood Watch Scotland to offer reassurance to local communities and advice on keeping safe. It has also supported NWS in the establishment of Rural Watch Scotland and the development of the Neighbourhood ALERT system, which provides real time community messaging and shares alerts on potential criminal activities.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died in hospital having expressed a wish to die at home in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. ISD publish information on the last six months of life and the percentage of time spent at home, in a community setting or in hospital.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many places for GP training have been available in GP practices in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The data is partially available from NHS Education for Scotland (NES) from 2014 onwards.
The number of trainees in practices has increased annually from 2014-2018. The following table shows the number of trainees in GP practices from 2014-2018 which includes trainees in year one of specialty training and also in year 3. Each trainee will spend 6 months in a practice during Specialty Training level 1 (ST1) and 12 months during ST3.
In order to take on trainees, a GP practice must have a trained Educational Supervisor and the practice must itself be approved for training following a visit by a team from the NES Deanery.
Number of trainees in GP practices (ST1 and ST3)
2014 | 520 |
2015 | 522 |
2016 | 528 |
2017 | 555 |
2018 | 584 |
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of people shining laser pens at aircraft have been recorded or received by Police Scotland in each year since 1999, broken down by airport.
Answer
The specific information requested is not held centrally.
From the start of 2017-18 crimes of this nature would be recorded by police as ‘Culpable and reckless conduct involving aircraft’. There were 39 such crimes recorded in 2017-18 however this covers several contraventions of the Air Navigation Order 2016 – including sections 225 (Lights which dazzle or distract), 240 (Endangering safety of an aircraft) and 241 (Endangering safety of any person or property).
Information on those proceeded against under section 225 (Lights which dazzle or distract) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 will be available following the publication of the 2017-18 Criminal Proceedings in Scotland National Statistics, due to be published in January 2018.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of registered and licenced medics living, but not practising, in Scotland.
Answer
The information on the number of doctors registered and licenced but not practising in Scotland is not held centrally by the Scottish Government and therefore cannot be assessed in detail.
Data provided by the GMC as at 5 December 2018 shows that the number of doctors who have declared they are not practising in Scotland is 68, 0.33% of all doctors registered with a licence to practice.
Fully registered and licensed doctors are subject to Revalidation and will have a connection to a Designated Body or will inform the GMC that they do not hold a connection and therefore GMC determine how these doctors will revalidate. 309 doctors have not yet confirmed their connection to a Designated Body for revalidation and therefore it is unknown whether they are practising.
Breakdown of current DB connection status | Number of doctors |
Connected to a designated body in Scotland | 19,443 |
No Prescribed Connection (broken down by given reason) - Not undertaking any medical practice – 68
- Practising inside the UK with no direct patient contact – 8
- Practising inside the UK with direct patient contact – 25
- Practising outside the UK - 32
| 133 |
Unknown connection | 390 |
TOTAL NUMBER OF DOCTORS SUBJECT TO REVALIDATION IN SCOTLAND | 19,966 |
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the delays to the completion of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, and what the estimated additional costs are as a result.
Answer
There remains a clinical imperative to ensure that any issues are fully resolved before NHS Lothian take ownership of the new Edinburgh Children’s Hospital. NHS Lothian is working closely with the Project Company to resolve any issues and confirm a revised handover date. Discussion continues to agree level and apportioning of any additional costs.
High quality clinical services continue to be delivered at the existing Royal Hospital for Sick Children and our priority remains maintaining the highest levels of patient care.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices do not have broadband.
Answer
All GP practices have secure broadband connections to Scotland Wide Area Network. The speed of their broadband connections varies. The older ADSL broadband connection is provided over home telephone lines and the newer Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) technology provides a fibre optic connection, much closer to the premises, to provide faster download and upload speeds
The majority of GP sites already have FTTC connections. There is a programme of work to move GP sites still using ADSL technology to FTTC technology. Since October 2016, the programme has improved the secure internet connections for 529 GP practices and branch surgeries. There are 73 GP sites that are still using ADSL connections. Out of these 73 sites, 20 are already on order with BT to be upgraded to FTTC.
It is estimated that by the end of this financial year (2018-19) only 34 sites will remain on ADSL connections. The successful completion of this project depends on the full roll-out of the Scottish Government’s “Reaching 100” project which aims to connect all of Scotland to super-fast broadband by the end of 2021.”
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full- and (b) part-time equivalent staff have worked in NHS Scotland in each year since 1999, also expressed as a percentage of the total workforce.
Answer
The Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) for whole and part time staff in NHSScotland as at 30 September 1999 – 2018 is shown in Table 1.
The headcount for whole and part time staff in NHSScotland as at 30 September 1999-2018 is shown in Table 2.
Table 1: Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) of Overall NHSScotland staff, split by whole and part time workers as at 30 September 1999 – 2018.
Year | Whole time staff (WTE) | Part time staff (WTE) | Percentage (%) of part time staff (WTE) | Percentage (%) of whole time staff (WTE) | Total staff (WTE) |
1999 | 73,188.0 | 33,797.9 | 31.6 | 68.4 | 106,985.8 |
2000 | 73,311.3 | 33,955.1 | 31.7 | 68.3 | 107,266.4 |
2001 | 75,436.0 | 34,031.6 | 31.1 | 68.9 | 109,467.6 |
2002 | 78,532.4 | 34,927.4 | 30.7 | 69.1 | 113,626.4 |
2003 | 81,632.3 | 36,261.9 | 30.8 | 69.2 | 117,895.1 |
2004 | 83,113.1 | 36,832.5 | 30.7 | 69.3 | 119,945.6 |
2005 | 85,500.3 | 37,763.2 | 30.6 | 69.4 | 123,263.6 |
2006 | 88,236.0 | 38,825.9 | 30.6 | 69.4 | 127,061.9 |
2007 | 90,861.0 | 40,233.9 | 30.7 | 69.3 | 131,094.8 |
2008 | 92,317.8 | 40,763.7 | 30.6 | 69.4 | 133,081.5 |
2009 | 93,901.2 | 41,924.8 | 30.9 | 69.1 | 135,826.0 |
2010 | 92,584.6 | 42,379.3 | 31.4 | 68.6 | 134,964.0 |
2011 | 89,136.6 | 42,203.0 | 32.1 | 67.9 | 131,339.6 |
2012 | 88,360.0 | 43,485.2 | 33.0 | 67.0 | 131,845.2 |
2013 | 89,882.2 | 44,289.2 | 33.0 | 67.0 | 134,171.4 |
2014 | 91,629.2 | 45,055.5 | 33.0 | 67.0 | 136,684.7 |
2015 | 92,094.0 | 45,633.9 | 33.1 | 66.9 | 137,727.9 |
2016 | 92,386.0 | 46,265.2 | 33.4 | 66.6 | 138,651.2 |
2017 | 92,599.0 | 46,893.1 | 33.6 | 66.4 | 139,492.1 |
2018 | 92,644.7 | 47,120.2 | 33.7 | 66.3 | 139,764.9 |
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS), Medical and Dental Workforce Census (MEDMAN).
Note: In 2002 and 2003, a number of staff did not have a whole or part time status recorded, this means that the sum of the whole time and part time workers will not equal the overall total. The years where the total number of whole time workers is not a round number is due to some staff having contracted hours greater than the number of hours considered to be standard for a full time worker.
Table 2: Headcount of Overall NHSScotland staff, split by part and whole time workers, as at 30 September 1999-2018.
Year | Whole time staff (HC) | Part time staff (HC) | Percentage (%) of part time staff (HC) | Percentage (%) of whole time staff (HC) | Total staff (HC) 3 |
1999 | 73,173 | 56,015 | 43.4 | 56.6 | 129,188 |
2000 | 73,308 | 56,194 | 43.4 | 56.6 | 129,502 |
2001 | 75,426 | 56,026 | 42.6 | 57.4 | 131,452 |
2002 | 78,525 | 57,310 | 42.2 | 57.8 | 135,835 |
2003 | 81,613 | 59,187 | 42.0 | 58.0 | 140,800 |
2004 | 83,203 | 59,837 | 41.8 | 58.2 | 143,040 |
2005 | 85,562 | 61,220 | 41.7 | 58.3 | 146,782 |
2006 | 88,226 | 62,615 | 41.5 | 58.5 | 150,841 |
2007 | 90,821 | 63,879 | 41.3 | 58.7 | 154,700 |
2008 | 92,343 | 64,626 | 41.2 | 58.8 | 156,969 |
2009 | 93,869 | 66,398 | 41.4 | 58.6 | 160,267 |
2010 | 92,564 | 66,721 | 41.9 | 58.1 | 159,285 |
2011 | 89,121 | 65,958 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 155,079 |
2012 | 88,342 | 67,475 | 43.3 | 56.7 | 155,817 |
2013 | 89,854 | 68,043 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 157,897 |
2014 | 91,589 | 68,689 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 160,278 |
2015 | 92,049 | 69,351 | 43.0 | 57.0 | 161,400 |
2016 | 92,346 | 69,929 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 162,275 |
2017 | 92,552 | 70,589 | 43.3 | 56.7 | 163,141 |
2018 | 92,611 | 70,741 | 43.3 | 56.7 | 163,352 |
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS), Medical and Dental Workforce Census (MEDMAN).
Note: In 2002 and 2003, a number of staff did not have a whole or part time status recorded, this means that the sum of the whole time and part time workers will not equal the overall total. The years where the total number of whole time workers is not a round number is due to some staff having contracted hours greater than the number of hours considered to be standard for a full time worker.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many young carers have been given a pass for free bus travel under the Young Carers Grant since its introduction.
Answer
None. The Young Carer Grant is due to come into force in Autumn 2019. Free bus travel for recipients of Young Carer Grant will be introduced thereafter.