- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government who attended each COBR meeting on its behalf during 2021.
Answer
COBR is shorthand for the UK Government Civil Contingencies Committee that is convened to handle matters of UK national emergency or major disruption. COBR ministerial meetings are described as COBR (M).
The Scottish Government can only report on COBR meetings we are invited to attend by the UK Government. The following table sets out the COBR meetings that the Scottish Government was invited to and which Scottish Ministers attended during 2021.
Meeting | Subject | Date | SG representative(s) |
COBR (M) | Winter resilience | 01-01-2021 | Deputy First Minister |
COBR (M) | Storm Christoph | 19-01-2021 | Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform |
COBR (M) | Storm Christoph | 20-01-2021 | First Minister |
COBR (M) | Storm Christoph | 21-01-2021 | Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform |
COBR (M) | Covid-19 | 10-12-2021 | First Minister Chief Medical Officer Director General, Constitution and External Affairs |
COBR (M) | Covid-19 | 15-12-2021 | First Minister Chief Medical Officer Director of COVID Coordination |
COBR (M) | Covid-19 | 19-12-2021 | First Minister Chief Medical Officer Director General, Constitution and External Affairs |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that the lifting of the eviction ban, in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, will result in increased homelessness.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on implementation of the recommendation made in the National Stoma Quality Improvement Group Short Life Working Group's final report, published in November 2019, that NHS boards should review future stoma nurse workforce requirements, in line with the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate's Transforming Roles Programme and the findings of the Short Life Working Group, and whether an implementation lead has been appointed.
Answer
The National Stoma Quality Improvement Group’s Short Life Working Group’s final report of November 2019 recommended that NHS Boards review their future Stoma Nurse workforce. I expect NHS Boards to plan their workforce, including stoma clinical nurse specialists, to meet the needs of their population. At this present time, the recommendations from the National Stoma Quality Improvement Group Short Life Working Group and the Scottish Government are not considering the appointment of an implementation lead.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the appointment from within the Chief Nursing Officer's Directorate of a lead for Scottish stoma clinical nurse specialists.
Answer
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) has a range of clinical nurse advisors who offer advice and support to both the CNO and Scottish Ministers on a range of issues, including the care of individuals with a stoma. As part of the CNO’s Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professionals programme, a review of the role definition and education of clinical nurse specialists was taken forward. The review didn’t look at (and has no plans to consider) specific specialties such as stoma nursing and we have no plans to appoint a lead for stoma clinical nurse specialists.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in the development of the NHS Recovery and Rehabilitation Framework, and when the National Advisory Board for Rehabilitation last met.
Answer
The Framework for supporting people through Recovery and Rehabilitation during and after the COVID-19 was published in August 2020. We then undertook a significant scoping exercise to understand the current status of rehabilitation services in Scotland, from the perspective of the staff working in them. This was done using a self-assessment tool and the report on the findings ( Rehabilitation Framework Self-Assessment Tool: Analysis of Survey Responses ) was published on 9th December 2021.
The findings from the self-assessment tool, along with demand and capacity data, will inform the development of a national programme of improvement work which we will work with NHS Boards, Health and Social Care Partnerships and the third sector to implement. This will deliver a ‘Once for Scotland’ rehabilitation pathway that will ensure everyone who requires rehabilitation will be able to access it.
The National Advisory Board for Rehabilitation last met in October 2021, and it is expected it will meet again in early 2022 now that the report on the self-assessment tool had been published.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make all people on the shielding list eligible for anti-viral medication if they get COVID-19.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-05521 on 24 January 2022. 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
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government who is collating data on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures, following its reported withdrawal from the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR).
Answer
The Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme, within Public Health Scotland, have been actively seeking data submissions from all sites across Scotland that previously contributed to the UK National Cardiac Audit Programme, managed by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR). This includes sites which carry out TAVI procedures.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly withdrew from the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR); what it is being replaced with, and when.
Answer
Scottish participation in the UK National Cardiac Audit Programme (NCAP), managed by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR), was previously enabled through the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
The Scottish Government had been working with HQIP since November 2018 to identify a mutually agreeable legal basis that would support Scotland’s continued participation in a number of UK wide audits, including the NCAP programme. It was not possible to identify one and as a result, throughout 2020/21 there was a phased withdrawal of Scottish Government participation in HQIP associated audits as an appropriate point was reached in each.
As replacement for the NCAP, in April 2021 we commissioned Public Health Scotland (PHS) to develop the Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme. PHS have been actively seeking data submissions from all sites across Scotland which previously contributed to the NCAP.
PHS are currently working with clinicians and patients across Scotland to undertake further development of the audit programme.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04701 by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021, whether the case note review carried out by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, regarding the care of Andrew Slorance, has been shared with his wife.
Answer
Further to the answer given to question S6W-04701 I can confirm that the Case Note review carried out by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde along with the report of the peer review undertaken by NHS Lothian have both now been shared with Mrs Slorance.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will agree to an independent annual audit of stroke guidelines and services, similar to that in the rest of the UK.
Answer
The Scottish Stroke Care Audit (SSCA) already measures quality of care of Stroke Services in Scotland against the Scottish Stroke Care Standards. Health Boards are provided with reports on a monthly basis. Performance is monitored locally and nationally and actions agreed to improve delivery of stroke care in Scotland. The most recent annual report can be found here: Scottish stroke improvement programme 2021 national report - Scottish stroke improvement programme - Publications - Public Health Scotland
This is similar to the aims of the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) which measures the quality and organisation of stroke care in the NHS across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
