- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospitals in each NHS board have been in crisis bed-management mode in each month since April 2007.
Answer
Crisis bed-management mode is not a term that the Scottish Government recognises. Each hospital site have a management system in place for capacity and would relate this to escalation procedures as required. We have issued guidance on improving management of whole system capacity through improved communication in morning safety flow huddles.
Weekly official statistics are published on emergency department activity and performance in Scotland, which is a good whole system marker. These reports are available on the Information Services Division (ISD) website: http://www.isdscotland.org/Publications/index.asp
In partnership with Health Boards and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Scottish Government produced emergency department capacity management guidance through the 6 Essential Actions programme which offers a framework of escalation to proactively manage and prevent crowding in Emergency Departments and/or assessment areas.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many GP (a) phone and (b) video call consultations there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The use of GP phone and video call consultations is a local decision made by NHS Boards and their contractors. Once the new GMS Contract is introduced GP practices will provide agreed information on consultation rates, consultation types, health care professional being consulted and complexity within consultations. This will be done using the Scottish Primary Care Information Resource (SPIRE) electronic extraction unless the practice wishes to collect the information itself.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients with terminal conditions have not had a Patient Care Plan in each year for which information is available, broken down by NHS board, and what advice it provides to GPs regarding these plans.
Answer
This information is not centrally held.
Our Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care, which was published in December 2015, emphasised the importance of people having care plans in place to enable those who would benefit from palliative and end of life care to get access to it.
The Scottish Government wrote to all GP services in September 2017 to note the importance and value of fully completing Key Information Summaries to support person centred anticipatory care planning.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it learned following the insolvency of the Dunne Group in 2016 regarding contractors that are involved in delivering public sector contracts going out of business before contracts are completed; what changes it made in systems and procurement policies in light of any lessons learned, and how any such changes will assist in mitigating the impact of Carillion's insolvency and any similar insolvencies in the future.
Answer
The insolvency of the Dunne Group reinforced the importance of professional contract and supplier management during the delivery of key contracts and, as part of that, the need to monitor for any changes in the financial health of suppliers. It was this approach that helped identify Carillion as a risk at the first profit warning in July 2017. As a result of that warning, and contract management discussions with Carillion, the Scottish Government worked with a number of public bodies who may have been potentially impacted, to offer assistance and discuss contingencies during the late summer and autumn of 2017. These same procedures will help to secure and protect public services if another key supplier becomes insolvent. In addition, The Scottish Government works with colleagues across the rest of the UK to monitor the financial health of key suppliers.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Baby Box scheme is mentioned in the Education and Skills section of its Draft Budget while the £8 million budget is shown in Level 4 of the Health and Sport budget.
Answer
While expenditure for the Baby Box comes from the Health Budget line, this work, together with other health-funded interventions supporting families with very young children, contributes directly to the ambitions articulated in the Education and Skills portfolio.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Baby Box scheme will cost in 2018-19, in light of FOI response FOI/17/02557, which states it will cost £8.8 million, and its Draft Budget, which states the budget is £8 million.
Answer
A number of potential savings in upfront costs incurred in year one have been identified in 2018-19. These savings include procurement fees, legal advice and contract start-up costs. This was year one spend only, and will not be carried through into future years.
Procurement for Year 2 is currently underway
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13253 by Shona Robison on 8 January 2017, whether the cabinet secretary approved the issue of the news release of 17 November 2017, Waiting Times at NHS Lothian.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-13717 on 1 February 2018. 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: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many parking spaces have been made available for medical professionals at each NHS hospital site in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people outwith the target group have been treated for hepatitis C in each year for which information has been available.
Answer
In 2016-17, 42 % of people treated for hepatitis C (HCV) had no liver disease or mild liver disease and so were outwith the priority group of those with moderate to severe liver disease. For the first 6 months of 2017-18 the latest data indicates that 54% of people treated for hepatitis C had no liver disease or mild liver disease.
The principles developed by the HCV Treatment and Therapies Sub-Group of the National Sexual Health and Bloodborne Virus Advisory Committee state that patients should have an expectation that the likelihood of cure as a result of their initial treatment is at least 90% and this should be achieved with minimal possible side effects. All infected people are eligible for treatment regardless of disease progression, but the recommended treatment may vary dependent on HCV genotype and individual circumstances.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase testing for hepatitis C in (a) general practice and (b) A&E.
Answer
A short life working group on hepatitis C case finding will report this summer in 2018. The group are considering best practice and innovative approaches to finding undiagnosed patients. It is anticipated that recommendations to improve case finding in a variety of settings will be made by the group.