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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.

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Question reference: S5W-06154

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what action it took during the centralisation of A&E services in Glasgow to ensure that patients brought to hospital in an ambulance would be discharged to A&E in a timely manner.

The two Health boards, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the Scottish Ambulance Service, agreed robust operational protocols for the revised configuration of services and, as we would expect, keep these under review to ensure that they continue to operate effectively.

Additional planning for this winter included the introduction of Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officers, who work on-site with the hospital teams to develop and implement processes which improve patient flow. This, in turn, should improve both Patient Transport Service performance and hospital turnaround times for A&E Departments.

Question reference: S5W-06153

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to each Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division in each year since 2007.

The Scottish Ambulance Service's budget for each year since 2007 is provided in the following table.

Year	Budget (£m)
2006-07	162.9
2007-08	177.8
2008-09	183.4
2009-10	189.2
2010-11	197.1
2011-12	197.7
2012-13	203.8
2013-14	207.6
2014-15	210.0
2015-16	212.1
2016-17	223.5
2017-18 (draft)	229.3

The decision on how this funding is then allocated to each regional operational division is an operational matter for the Scottish Ambulance Service and the Scottish Government does not hold this information.

Question reference: S5W-06155

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the average time to discharge a patient from an ambulance on arrival at A&E in each Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division has been in each year since 2011.

Question reference: S5W-06164

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many reports have been made of an ambulance not being inspected for mechanical safety in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-06156

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the longest recorded time was to discharge a patient from an ambulance on arrival at A&E in each month since May 2011, broken down by Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division.

Question reference: S5W-06162

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many paramedics have been employed by each Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-06163

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many ambulance journeys have been made in each year since 2010 where it has been known that the vehicle had not been inspected to ensure that it was (a) mechanically safe and (b) stocked with the full supply of paramedic drugs, material or equipment.

All ambulance vehicles undergo rigorous maintenance checks above the manufacturer's guidance. There are also standard operating procedures in place to ensure the required drugs, consumables and equipment is available for all ambulance staff. In addition, the Scottish Ambulance Service has a process in place in which all ambulance staff are expected to complete a Vehicle and Equipment Check sheet before the start of their shift. This would include ensuring their kit bag is fully equipped. The Service is currently running a pilot in Edinburgh whereby the first 15 minutes of each shift would be used to ensure the Vehicle and Equipment Check sheet is completed fully.

The information requested is not held centrally as this is an operational matter for the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Question reference: S5W-06159

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that ambulances attending emergencies are (a) mechanically safe and (b) stocked with the full supply of paramedic drugs, material or equipment.

The Scottish Ambulance Service has a process in place in which all ambulance staff are expected to complete a Vehicle and Equipment Check sheet before the start of their shift. This would include ensuring their kit bag is fully equipped. The Service is currently running a pilot in Edinburgh whereby the first 15 minutes of each shift would be used to ensure the Vehicle and Equipment Check sheet is completed fully.

Question reference: S5F-00844

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2017

To ask the First Minister how many refugees the Scottish Government expects to welcome in 2017.

Question reference: S5W-06151

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been given to hospices for palliative care needs in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board area.

This information is not centrally held.

It is the responsibility of Health and Social Care Partnerships to plan and deliver services for their area using the integrated budgets under their control. This includes hospice and palliative and end of life care services.

In 2015, the year before integration went live, the Scottish Government published statutory guidance on strategic commissioning setting out that each Partnership's strategic commissioning plan should be based upon a Strategic Needs Assessment of local people, including those with palliative and end of life care needs.