- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients with a mental illness have been inappropriately detained under section 18 of the Mental Health (Scotland) 1984 Act in each year since 1990, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally in the form requested.The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland publishes, in its annual reports, information on requests for discharge from detention. In 2000-01, the commission reviewed the cases of 233 patients detained under section 18 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 and discharged, contrary to the wishes of the Responsible Medical Officer, three patients (two of whom were on leave of absence).
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many social workers working solely in the field of mental health there have been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many psychiatrists working in the field of adult psychiatry there have been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) local authority area.
Answer
The following table shows consultant psychiatrists (whole-time equivalents) by NHS board for "adult psychiatric specialities" (which is taken to be all consultant psychiatrists less those registered under Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). The figures shown may not reflect directly the availability of consultant psychiatric services in any individual NHS board area, because in many instances doctors employed in one NHS board area will also provide service in another.Data is not collected centrally on consultants by local authority area.Consultants Working in Adult Psychiatric Specialties*
| Scotland | Argyll and Clyde | Ayrshire and Arran | Borders | Dumfries and Galloway | Fife | Forth Valley | Grampian | Greater Glasgow | Highland | Lanarkshire | Lothian | Orkney | Shetland | Tayside | Western Isles | State Hospital Carstairs |
| 1990 | 233.5 | 21.3 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 23.3 | 54.7 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 40.5 | | | 19.8 | 1.0 | |
| 1991 | 231.7 | 21.1 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 24.0 | 52.5 | 9.2 | 15.0 | 37.2 | | 1.0 | 20.0 | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| 1992 | 230.6 | 21.7 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 25.2 | 50.2 | 9.2 | 16.0 | 38.2 | | 1.0 | 22.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 1993 | 229.7 | 21.7 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 27.8 | 49.8 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 37.9 | | 1.0 | 22.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 1994 | 232.1 | 16.8 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 28.3 | 53.2 | 9.0 | 13.5 | 38.7 | | | 21.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1995 | 244.2 | 19.3 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 26.3 | 61.2 | 9.0 | 13.1 | 41.5 | | 1.0 | 21.8 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1996 | 243.7 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 29.8 | 56.9 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 42.5 | | 1.0 | 22.9 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1997 | 263.6 | 23.2 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 30.4 | 59.6 | 9.5 | 16.0 | 45.0 | | 1.0 | 22.8 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 1998 | 277.5 | 25.6 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 31.9 | 61.0 | 9.5 | 16.6 | 42.5 | | 1.0 | 26.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 1999 | 293.8 | 25.4 | 13.5 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 34.6 | 60.3 | 10.5 | 22.4 | 45.4 | | 1.0 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 2000 | 306.1 | 27.5 | 18.5 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 34.5 | 61.2 | 10.5 | 21.9 | 47.5 | | | 27.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 2001 | 327.1 | 28.8 | 17.5 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 18.0 | 15.5 | 35.6 | 65.4 | 10.4 | 22.9 | 55.7 | | | 30.1 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
Source: Medical and Dental Census, ISD Scotland.*Adult psychiatry specialties are: Forensic Psychiatry, General Psychiatry, Psychiatry of Learning Disability, Old Age Psychiatry, and Psychotherapy.Notes: 1. 2001 figures are provisional.2. Includes honorary appointments and excludes Directors of Public Health Medicine and Unit Medical Officers.3. Maximum part-time contracts are counted as 1.0 WTE. Scotland figures also include the Common Services Agency and other special health boards.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a detailed breakdown of the availability of community care services in each (a) NHS board and (b) local authority area since the introduction of community care for people with mental illness.
Answer
It is the responsibility of local authorities and health boards to assess local needs for mental health services, and to make appropriate provision. Information about services provided by these authorities is available within community care plans, which are a matter of public record.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is an upper age limit on membership of Children's Panels and, if so, whether it will consider removing it in order to take advantage of older persons and their life skills.
Answer
By way of background I would refer to answers given by Mr Sam Galbraith in response to Mr Bristow Muldoon and Mr Alex Neil on the same matter (S1W-1004 and S1W-1240 on 14 September 1999). There is no statutory upper age limit for children's panel members. In keeping with the ethos of the Kilbrandon report that members should broadly be the contemporaries of the parents of the child or young person, panel members are not normally appointed beyond their 66th birthday.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the duration is of the Breathing Space project on reducing the suicide rate amongst young men.
Answer
Funding for the Breathing Space advice line is initially for the three years from 2001-04. Breathing Space will be reviewed on a regular basis to assess its performance.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been to date of setting up and operating Breathing Space.
Answer
Approximately £160,000 was spent in 2001-02. The budget for the project is £400,000 in each of the years 2002-03 and 2003-04. These figures cover the development and setting up of the line, service provision, publicity and other running costs.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any evaluation has been made of the Breathing Space project on reducing the suicide rate amongst young men.
Answer
No formal evaluation has yet been undertaken, as the line has only been in operation for some five months. However, on-going monitoring is taking place, and a formal evaluation will be arranged once the service has been running for a more substantial period.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Breathing Space project on reducing the suicide rate amongst young men is staffed and what relevant training is provided.
Answer
A pool of several specialist advisers staff the Breathing Space line, with two usually on duty during opening hours. These advisers mostly have a social work or other professional mental health background. Staff receive several days' intensive training on a range of topics before working on the line: this includes input about psychiatric illnesses and how to discuss sensitively the types of symptoms and concerns which can arise with the most common mental illnesses.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many calls the Breathing Space project on reducing the suicide rate amongst young men has received since the projects launch.
Answer
In the period from its launch on 8 April 2002 until 31 July, Breathing Space operators dealt with 2,546 calls.
