- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what specialist assistance is available for mental health services to ethnic minorities.
Answer
Our National Health and the Framework for Mental Health Services, but principally Fair for All, recognise the distinctive cultural and other needs of people and family groups from ethnic minorities that must be considered by agencies when organising care and support. Each recognises the responsibilities placed upon NHS Scotland in delivering a culturally competent service.Local care agencies are expected to respond to the particular needs of their local communities and design services that are accessible and appropriate in all respects.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of patients were admitted to hospital from the waiting list for treatment within nine months of their initial referral, in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.
Answer
In the year ended 30 September 2001, 96.7% of NHSScotland patients were admitted to hospital for treatment within nine months of being placed on the inpatient/day case waiting list.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what current figures are available on the incidence of suicide and attempted suicide in the community.
Answer
Figures on the incidence of suicide are as follows:Table 1 - Suicide and Undetermined Deaths, by Age and Sex, Scotland - 1970, 1990-2000
| Year | All Ages |
| Total | M | F |
| 1970 | 618 | 364 | 254 |
| 1990 | 749 | 566 | 183 |
| 1991 | 706 | 523 | 183 |
| 1992 | 793 | 576 | 217 |
| 1993 | 912 | 679 | 233 |
| 1994 | 834 | 611 | 223 |
| 1995 | 836 | 625 | 211 |
| 1996 | 846 | 620 | 226 |
| 1997 | 874 | 655 | 219 |
| 1998 | 878 | 650 | 228 |
| 1999 | 874 | 663 | 211 |
| 2000 | 878 | 674 | 204 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland.Table 2 - Death by Suicide and Self Inflicted Injury, by Age and Sex, Scotland - 1970, 1990-2000
| Year | All Ages |
| T | M | F |
| 1970 | 397 | 236 | 161 |
| 1990 | 535 | 415 | 120 |
| 1991 | 525 | 394 | 131 |
| 1992 | 569 | 418 | 151 |
| 1993 | 615 | 473 | 142 |
| 1994 | 624 | 463 | 161 |
| 1995 | 623 | 476 | 147 |
| 1996 | 597 | 435 | 162 |
| 1997 | 599 | 451 | 148 |
| 1998 | 649 | 486 | 163 |
| 1999 | 637 | 500 | 137 |
| 2000 | 648 | 512 | 136 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland.Table 3 - Death by Injury Undetermined whether Accidentally or Purposely Inflicted, by Age and Sex, Scotland 1970, 1990-2000
| Year | All Ages |
| T | M | F |
| 1970 | 221 | 128 | 93 |
| 1990 | 214 | 151 | 63 |
| 1991 | 181 | 129 | 52 |
| 1992 | 224 | 158 | 66 |
| 1993 | 297 | 206 | 91 |
| 1994 | 210 | 148 | 62 |
| 1995 | 213 | 149 | 64 |
| 1996 | 249 | 185 | 64 |
| 1997 | 275 | 204 | 71 |
| 1998 | 229 | 164 | 65 |
| 1999 | 237 | 163 | 74 |
| 2000 | 230 | 162 | 68 |
Source: General Register Office for Scotland.Note: In considering deaths from suicide it is usual to add deaths where it is undetermined whether an injury was accidentally or purposely inflicted.Overall totals are given in Table 1. Table 2 covers suicide and self-inflicted injury.Table 3 covers injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted.Source: ISD Scotland.Information on the number of attempted suicides in the community is not available centrally. However, an estimate of the number of attempted suicides can be obtained from hospital discharge records. In 2000 there were 11,644 people admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of "suicide/self-inflicted injury". For comparison, the figures for 1981 and 1991 were 8,570 and 9,022 respectively.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients received an angioplasty operation within 24 weeks of having an angiography, also expressed as a percentage of the total number of patients waiting to receive an angioplasty operation, in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.
Answer
The information requested is being compiled by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency, but it will take a few days to complete because of the need to undertake data linkage of individual patient records. I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and will arrange for a copy of my letter to be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what 24 hour acute psychiatric provision is currently available.
Answer
It is for each NHS board area to organise care and support that reflect the needs of its community.NHS hospital services, including specialist acute psychiatric care, operate on a seven day, 24 hour basis. Otherwise, the aim is for care that matches need and for mental health in particular, to provide care from community, primary care and specialist settings based on integrated arrangements designed to prevent and manage crisis in a safe and supportive manner.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients received an angiography within 12 weeks of their initial referral, expressed also as a percentage of the total number of patients waiting to receive an angiography, in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.
Answer
The information requested is being compiled by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency, but it will take a few days to complete because of the need to undertake data linkage of individual patient records. I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and will arrange for a copy of my letter to be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many specialist nursing posts are funded by charities or charitable foundations and where any such nursing posts have been located since 1997.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider producing an Epilepsy Framework similar to its Diabetes Framework.
Answer
There are no plans for an Epilepsy Framework. Active consideration is being given, with the help of Epilepsy Action Scotland, to the possibility of a pilot Managed Clinical Network for epilepsy. The Executive funded a Symposium on this, which took place on 11 February.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will compile information centrally on how many epilepsy specialist nurses are employed and which NHS board employs them.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans to compile information centrally on the numbers of epilepsy specialist nurses.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people received treatment for the first time from their local drug treatment service in 2001.
Answer
The following table shows the number of individual patients/clients reported to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database by NHS board area of residence for 2000-01. More detailed information has been published in the ISD Scotland publication
Drug Misuse in Scotland 2001, which is available on the National Drug Misuse website.New
1 individual patients/clients
2,3 reported to the Scottish Drug Misuse Database by NHS board area of residence
Scotland | 10,591 |
Argyll & Clyde | 1,330 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 1,239 |
Borders | 102 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 207 |
Fife | 598 |
Forth Valley | 247 |
Grampian | 631 |
Greater Glasgow | 3,290 |
Highland | 124 |
Lanarkshire | 513 |
Lothian | 1,947 |
Tayside | 405 |
Island Boards4 | 24 |
Outside Scotland | 7 |
Notes:1. The definition of "new" is (a) the person is attending the particular service for the first time ever, or (b) the person has attended before but not within the previous six months.2. All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.3. The database collects anonymous information about new problem drug users presenting at a broad range of drug services across Scotland, including general practices.4. Shetland and Western Isles NHS boards. Orkney has no specialist drug services.
