- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people presenting with depression were offered treatments such as psychological interventions, cognitive behaviour therapy and talking therapies as an alternative to the prescribing of anti-depressants, broken down by NHS board area, in each year since 2001.
Answer
Referral option informationis not available centrally. Treatment options are a matter for Clinicians inconsultation with all relevant professionals and the individual. Care options,including psychological interventions, cognitive behaviour therapy andmedication will be considered as part of a care package designed to offer thebest outcomes for the individual.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has calculated the financial support required to roll out the Doing Well By People with Depression initiative to all NHS board areas.
Answer
An external evaluation of theDoing Well initiative has been commissioned and will report over the summer. Theoutcomes will inform consideration of wider practical applications of the successesof the initiative, attention to which is continued through commitments madewithin Delivering for Health.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional planned expenditure it has set aside to tackle depression for the next two years.
Answer
No specific funding is beingset aside to tackle depression. It is for each NHS board, working with theirpartners, to meet the health care needs of their area from the funds availableto them, taking account of national and local priorities.
NHS boards have been given ageneral allocation of £6.4 billion for 2006-07, an average increase 7.25% onlast year and have been notified of an average indicative increase of 6% for2007-08.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards submitted bids for projects under the Doing Well By People with Depression initiative and how many were successful.
Answer
All NHS boards were invitedto submit bids for projects under the Doing Well By People With Depression Programmein 2003. Of the then 15 health boards, a total of 11 sites applied for fundingof which seven were successful. The seven sites to go forward were, NHS Argylland Clyde, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHSGrampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and NHS Lanarkshire. The unsuccessful bids were;NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Lothian and NHS Shetland.
A further round of biddingfor monies for the financial year 2005-06 was undertaken and a further threesites joined the programme. These are NHS Highland, NHS Fife and NHS Lothian.
The bidding process on eachoccasion was overseen by the programme Advisory Board and decisions were takenagainst defined criteria.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people presenting with depression were offered self-help options as part of their treatment, broken down by NHS board area, in each year since 2001.
Answer
Referral option informationis not available centrally. Treatment options are a matter for clinicians inconsultation with all relevant professionals and the individual. Care options,including psychological interventions, cognitive behaviour therapy andmedication will be considered as part of a care package designed to offer thebest outcomes for the individual.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people presenting with mental health problems, other than depression, have been offered self-help options as part of their treatment, broken down by NHS board in each year since 2001.
Answer
Such referral information isnot available centrally. Treatment options are a matter for clinicians in consultationwith all relevant professionals and the individual. Relevant care options will beconsidered as part of care packages designed to offer the best outcomes for theindividual.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people presenting with mental health problems, other than depression, were offered treatments such as psychological interventions, cognitive behaviour therapy and talking therapies in addition to, or as an alternative to, the prescribing of psychiatric drugs in each year since 2001.
Answer
Such referral information isnot available centrally. Treatment options are a matter for Clinicians in consultationwith all relevant professionals and the individual. Relevant care options will beconsidered as part of care packages designed to offer the best outcomes for theindividual.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support proposals for a Scotland-wide heritage trail highlighting the life and achievements of Robert the Bruce.
Answer
Although the Executive has notreceived any representations regarding support for this project, we welcome proposalssuch as this which are designed to increase visitor numbers to Scotland andenhance the visitor experience while here. There are a number of organisations withan interest in tourism heritage trails, including the National Trust for Scotland, HistoricScotland and VisitScotland’s Challenge Fund.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made by tourist agencies regarding the proposed establishment of a heritage trail highlighting the life and achievements of Robert the Bruce.
Answer
To date, the Scottish Executivehas not received any representations regarding this.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards use an independently administered, standard evaluation tool for all Doing Well By People with Depression initiatives and, if so, whether it will provide details of this tool.
Answer
NHS boards do not use an independentlyadministered, standard evaluation tool for Doing Well by People with Depressioninitiatives. However, an external evaluation of the programme has been commissionedand is due to report its findings in June 2006. The pilot sites involved in theprojects have provided data according to a nationally agreed dataset.
