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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S5W-13985

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13628 by Aileen Campbell on 18 January 2018, how many chronic pain patients were interviewed to provide the feedback to the ministerial steering group, and what its position is on whether this number represented an adequate sample of patients.

The views passed onto NHS Information Services Division were taken directly from discussions at the Ministerial Steering Group for Chronic Pain on 4 October 2016, to help understand inconsistences in the data collection and definitions used by Boards.

As part of moving the Chronic Pain Waiting Times Publication from developmental status to Experimental Official Statistics, ISD carried out a consultation with users and published a report in October 2017. ISD will be implementing changes over forthcoming publications and are also happy to receive feedback on publications at any point in time.

Question reference: S5W-14084

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is for patients with stomach or gastro concerns to be seen in A&E units, also broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S5W-14095

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on smoking cessation campaigns in each year since 1999.

Information on how much the Scottish Government has spent on cessation and related campaigns in each year from 1999 is as follows:

Year	Cessation and related spend
1999-2000	N-A
2000-2001	N-A
2001-2002	N-A
2002-2003	N-A
2003-2004	N-A
2004-2005	-
2005-2006	£ 1,255,442.36
2006-2007	£ 76,188.31
2007-2008	-
2008-2009	£ 16,000
2009-2010	-
2010-2011	£ 395,760.56
2011-2012	£ 509,603.53
2012-2013	£ 412,242.16
2013-2014	£ 336,520
2014-2015	£ 489,494.00
2015-2016	£ 588,230
2016-2017	£ 133,977.02

* N-A means information is not held.

Question reference: S5W-14091

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many employees from the EU are employed by each NHS board, also broken down by what percentage of staff this represents.

The Scottish Government believes that EU citizens make a vital contribution to the delivery of NHS services in Scotland. Given the uncertainties presented by Brexit, we are working with all NHS Scotland Boards, and engaging with the professional regulatory bodies, to support on-going impact assessment and workforce planning activity, in line with Boards’ service provision responsibilities.

We know from Annual Population Survey Estimates (2016) indicate that approximately 3.5% of the health and social care workforce in Scotland (c.13,000 individuals) are EU/EEA nationals. Nevertheless, the proportion of the workforce who are of EU/EEA origin will vary considerably from profession to profession, as data from the professional regulatory bodies, including the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council demonstrates.

The Scottish Government has clearly set out the importance of continuing membership of the Single Market, which would be the best outcome for both our NHS and wider public service delivery in Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-14280

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of its comparative review of the health technology assessment processes of other countries, including those for orphan and ultra-orphan medicines.

Question reference: S5W-14279

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter to the Health and Sport Committee by Shona Robison on 16 November 2017, what progress has been made with the development of a new pathway for ultra-orphan medicines; what consultation on this it has carried out or plans, and when the pathway will be in place.

Question reference: S5W-14278

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to work with (a) patient groups and (b) the health sector to establish which managed access schemes and conditional acceptance options will be of greatest benefit.

Since publication of the Montgomery Review of Access to New Medicines, we have been working closely with relevant partners, stakeholders, patient representatives, the third sector and the pharmaceutical industry to consider the most appropriate and effective way to take forward the recommendations.

I wrote to the Health and Sport Committee on 16 November to provide an update on the Scottish Government’s progress on implementing the recommendations of the Montgomery Review. I will provide a further update to the Committee in the Spring.

Question reference: S5W-14094

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 7 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11463 by Maureen Watt on 5 October 2017, whether it will provided an update on when the review will be published.

Question reference: S5W-14099

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many delayed discharge patients are waiting for guardianship to be provided, broken down by NHS board.

Information on the number of patients delayed due to procedures under the Adults with Incapacity Act (awaiting Guardianship) are available in the monthly Delayed Discharge census published by NHS information Services Division. The publications are available here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Health-and-Social-Community-Care/Delayed-Discharges/Previous-Publications/, and the December data will be published on 6 February 2018.

Question reference: S5W-14085

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist positions in the NHS have not been filled in each year since 2007.