- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to improve the parity of (a) data collection design and (b) data quality across the health and social care workforce.
Answer
In March 2022 the Scottish Government published the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in partnership with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. Following publication of the strategy, the Scottish Government has established a Workforce Data Information and Intelligence Improvement Programme to support further improvement in data collation, quality and evidence triangulation. This programme is focused specifically on improving the quality and granularity of existing data sets, alongside considering the requirements for gathering new or different data to support better decision making, workforce and service planning.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has set targets to recruit (a) nurses and (b) medics to meet its commitment to 1,500 new staff for National Treatment Centres (NTCs) in the period up to and including 2027, and, if so, what these targets are.
Answer
The Scottish Government is providing a range of recruitment support, as well as training and development activity to assist Health Boards with securing the right mix of new and experienced staff for their NTCs.
Detailed plans relating to the size and composition of the workforce for each NTC site has been or will be developed by the relevant territorial NHS Board and submitted to the Scottish Government as part of the wider planning and approval process for the site in operation.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff there have been in each year since 2007.
Answer
The information on how many Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff there have been in each year since 2007 can be found: CAMHS | Turas Data Intelligence (nhs.scot)
The staff in post tab provides quarterly data for CAMHS workforce.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of the commitment made in the Health and social care: integrated workforce plan to "design and oversee work to obtain a national picture of workforce planning capacity, methodology and capability in Local Authorities/ Health and Social Care Partnerships for planning social care services".
Answer
The Scottish Government has engaged directly with representatives from NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) to consider workforce planning capacity and capability across services. We remain committed to building a culture of continuous learning and improvement in workforce planning, including through the guidance we developed to support the development of health board and HSCP three-year workforce plans. We have been exploring, with stakeholders, formal qualification and accreditation opportunities, we continue to take forward these discussions with partners in further and higher education, alongside the provision of in-house training.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed an engagement programme across the health and social care workforce to inform a set of shared values.
Answer
As part of Leading to Change, the National Leadership Development Programme, we have been running a series of engagement events for the health, social work and social care sectors to promote compassionate and inclusive leadership at all levels and create an open and welcoming culture that will enable people to thrive.
Details of the events can be found here: Events | Leading to Change | Leadership Development | NHS Scotland
An update on the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care will be published later this year.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13457 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, when the evaluation of the framework will be completed.
Answer
The evaluation of the national induction framework will remain open until at least the end of March to allow as many people as possible to take part.
As the regulator for social services, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have also designed and implemented a feedback mechanism which will remain in place to enable continuous improvement to the framework.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13505 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, what the timeline is for its project to trial the Framework in social care settings.
Answer
Initial implementation will begin in Spring 2023. This phase is expected to last for a period of 12-18 months.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13532 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, what the minimum standards developed are.
Answer
The Fair Work in Social Care Group has developed the following minimum standard terms and conditions:
Term/Condition | Proposed minimum Terms and Conditions |
Sickness | Tenure within the sector is recognised for sick pay: < 1 Year. 5 weeks full, 5 weeks half pay 1 Year+ 9 weeks full, 9 weeks half pay 2 Years+ 18 weeks full, 18 weeks half pay 3Years+ 22 weeks full, 22 weeks half pay 5 Years+ 26 weeks full, 26 weeks half pay |
Annual Leave | 35 days; 27 holidays, 8 public On appointment: 35 days After five years: 37 days After ten years: 41 days (all including 8 public holidays) |
Pensions | Contributions of 10% from the employer and 5% from the employee. |
Professional Development Time | To include paid time for induction, mandatory training, and role specific training as required by regulatory bodies. To include ongoing professional development. |
Maternity and Paternity | Maternity: 52 weeks, comprising; 8 weeks full pay, next 18 weeks half of full pay (plus Statutory Maternity Pay). Next 13 weeks, Statutory Maternity Pay, final 13 weeks no pay. Paternity: 2 weeks. |
Core Pay (Contracted hours, overtime and overnight support) | Core pay should include contracted hours, any guaranteed overtime and overnight support payments. |
Overnight Support | Sleepovers to be paid at a minimum Real Living Wage hourly rate. Waking hours paid at contractual rate with a minimum of Real Living Wage hourly rate. |
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many took part in a Scotland's Mental Health First Aid course in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) so far in 2023.
Answer
The following table sets out the number of people who participated in Scotland's Mental Health First Aid (SMHFA) course, from 2021 to January 2023.
| | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (up to 13-1-2023) |
Number of courses | 15 | 409 | 9 |
Number of Attendees | 149 | 4,270 | 115 |
Due to COVID-19 restrictions by the licence holders, there were lower numbers of individuals who registered for the first half of 2021. Face to face courses commenced in November 2021.
SMHFA is one of a number of mental health programmes and resources available to employers to raise awareness and facilitate support for mental health and wellbeing.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that there is a staff equality focus for its (a) Women’s Health Plan, A plan for 2021-2024, and (b) Race Equality Immediate Priorities Plan.
Answer
The Women’s Health Plan sets out actions which aim to address women’s health inequalities by raising awareness around women’s health, improving access to health care for women across their lives, and reducing inequalities in health outcomes for women and girls.
The Plan includes actions to develop a menopause/menstrual health policy for NHS Scotland staff in 2023. I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-13514 on 16 January 2023 for an update on the development of a menopause and menstrual health workplace policy for NHS Scotland. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
The Plan also contains an action to encourage Health Boards to participate in the Equally Safe at Work accreditation scheme. I also refer the member to the answer to question S6W-13539 on 23 January 2023 for an update on progress on this action.
The Race Equality Immediate Priorities Plan (IPP) Annex B contains actions under systemic recommendation 4 (Fair Work Practices) to support minority ethnic staff. Data recommendations 10, 11 and 14 also contain actions on monitoring workforce data, NHS workforce data and accountability and governance. These are published online at: Annex B - Immediate Priorities for Race Equality 2021-23 - Race equality: immediate priorities plan - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .’
