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I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-14278 on
8 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

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-14278 on
8 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

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.

The report of the review of rejected referrals will be published by the 31 May 2018.

The following tables shows the number of people from Scotland who have received treatment in hospitals in other parts of the UK in each year since 1999. The data across the UK is not directly comparable due to differences in data definitions.

Information is provided in the following table on the number of finished admission episodes for patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in England since 1999.

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital (England)

Information is provided in the following table on the number of patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in Wales since 1999.

Source: Patient Episode Database Wales (PEDW), NHS Wales Informatics Service

Information is provided in the following table on the number of patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in Northern Ireland since 1999.

Source: Hospital Inpatient System, Northern Ireland Health Department

The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland actively promotes the participation of traditionally underrepresented groups within the NHS workforce; this is underpinned by fair and inclusive recruitment policies, supported by a clear and unequivocal Staff Governance Standard.

The Race Equality Framework and the Disability Delivery Plan set out specific actions through which we are pursuing an explicit goal that Scotland’s health and social care workforce better reflects the diversity of Scotland’s communities. Equally, we have established a national partnership with Stonewall Scotland, through which all NHS Boards are encouraged to participate in the Workplace Equality Index. Through the partnership, NHS Scotland has founding partner status on the ‘Proud Employers’ Website, accordingly NHS boards can actively promote both board and executive level appointments.

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.

This information is not held centrally. NHS Information Services Division publishes quarterly workforce statistics which details current vacancy information for consultant grade specialists. The data tables can be accessed via the following link: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2017-12-05/Consultant_Vacancies_S2017.xls

All patients making a new or unplanned return attendance at A&E departments are included in the A&E statistics, regardless of the condition they present with.

In terms of the average waiting time for patients with stomach or gastro concerns, this information is not centrally available.

Agency spend figures for each NHS Board are only available from 2006-7 to 2016-17 and are given in the following table. Information on NHS Board spend on bank staff is not held centrally.

Agency Spend by NHS Board (in £’000)