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Information on the average waiting time of clients for drug treatment interventions is not held centrally.

A national waiting times information framework was implemented in April 2004 to enable alcohol and drug action teams (ADATs) and local services to monitor waiting times for drug treatment and care in their local area. ADATs send aggregated data to Information Services (ISD) on a quarterly basis, and ISD submit reports to the Scottish Government each quarter these may be viewed on:

http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/wtpilot/reports.htm.

Lanarkshire ADAT covers the same geographical area as NHS Lanarkshire. Due to the reorganisation of Argyll and Clyde ADAT, ISD now receives drug treatment waiting times data for (1) Argyll and Bute (2) Greater Glasgow and Clyde (excluding Glasgow City) and (3) Glasgow City. Separate data is presented below for Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Glasgow City which taken together covers the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

Table 1 presents information, by ADAT, on clients who have been offered an appointment date for any intervention during the period April to June 2008.

Table 2 presents information, by ADAT, on clients who were still waiting for an appointment date for any intervention by the end of June 2008.

Table 1: Drug Treatment Waiting Times - Clients Offered an Appointment Date for Any Intervention^1,3 by ADAT : April to June 2008

	<7 Days	8 to 14 Days	15 to 21 Days	22 to 28 Days	5 to 8 Weeks	9 to 12 Weeks	13 to 26 Weeks	27 to 52 Weeks	52+ Weeks	Total
Glasgow City4	568	63	24	11	9	8	37	41	0	761
Greater Glasgow and Clyde4	327	61	25	19	17	6	3	0	1	459
Lanarkshire	284	19	12	6	5	0	0	0	0	326

 

Table 2: Drug Treatment Waiting Times - Clients Still Waiting for an Appointment Date for Any Intervention^2,3 by ADAT as at 30 June 2008

	<7 Days	8 to 14 Days	15 to 21 Days	22 to 28 Days	5 to 8 Weeks	9 to 12 Weeks	13 to 26 Weeks	27 to 52 Weeks	52+ Weeks	Total
Glasgow City4	21	7	2	11	10	8	7	4	0	70
Greater Glasgow and Clyde4	11	7	12	5	7	8	6	4	2	62
Lanarkshire	9	0	0	1	4	3	7	72	18	114

Notes:

1. Time between date care plan is agreed/decision on treatment is made/date client ready for treatment and the first appointment date offered for any intervention (for those offered an intervention date during the reporting period).

2. Time between date care plan is agreed/decision on treatment is made/date client ready for treatment and the end of the reporting period (for those still waiting to be offered an intervention date).

3. The interventions include: structured preparatory and motivational intervention, prescribed drug treatment, community support/rehabilitation and residential detoxification/ rehabilitation.

4. Due to the reorganisation of Argyll and Clyde ADAT, ISD now receives data for (1) Argyll and Bute (2) Greater Glasgow and Clyde (excluding Glasgow City) and (3) Glasgow City. Data is therefore presented separately for Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Glasgow City.

The member may also wish to note that the Scottish Government recently announced that there would be a measure in the NHS HEAT system for 2009-10 to offer drug misusers faster access to appropriate treatment to support their recovery.

The Homecoming Scotland 2009 team at EventScotland have had a good level of engagement with South Lanarkshire Council. A local authority email distribution list was used to invite local authorities to distribute the Homecoming partner events registration form to events organisers in the area that met the funding criteria. Two partner event registration forms were submitted from the South Lanarkshire area - the Biggar Little Festival and Scotland''s Living History Festival/Lanark Medieval Festival. Both of these events are now in the Homecoming programme and will feature in the next printed events guide and on the Homecoming events search engine.

South Lanarkshire Council also have a Homecoming contact and the Homecoming team have been in touch with that official, who has received two local authority e-updates that have been issued by the Homecoming team. She has confirmed that South Lanarkshire will have approximately 25 events in the local Homecoming programme.

(a) The number of GP practices with two or more GPs broken down by NHS board is illustrated in the following table. (b) The information broken down by parliamentary constituency has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47015)

NHS Board	Number of GP Practices1
Ayrshire and Arran	59
Borders	23
Dumfries and Galloway	34
Fife	54
Forth Valley	56
Grampian	82
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	228
Highland	91
Lanarkshire	82
Lothian	117
Orkney	9
Shetland	9
Tayside	68
Western Isles	9
Scotland Total	921

Data source: GP Contractor Database, ISD Scotland, as at 26 November 2008.

Note: 1. Number of practices having two or more contracted GPs as at 30 September 2007.

(a) The number of GPs currently practising broken down by NHS board is provided in the following table. (b) The breakdown by Scottish parliamentary constituency has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47014).

NHS Board	Number of Contracted GPs1
Ayrshire and Arran	318
Borders	114
Dumfries and Galloway	153
Fife	277
Forth Valley	253
Grampian	541
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,022
Highland	399
Lanarkshire	387
Lothian	784
Orkney	44
Shetland	32
Tayside	351
Western Isles	42
Scotland Total 2	4,714

Data source: GP Contractor Database, ISD Scotland, as at 26 November 2008

Notes

1. The table shows the number of GPs working in Scottish practices, by NHS board, as at 30 September 2007. The table does not provide information on the whole-time equivalent (WTE) commitment in each board area and the figures do not include out-of-hours services and GPs doing only locum work.

2. It is possible for a GP to hold a contract in more than one NHS board, therefore the Scotland total does not equal the sum of the NHS board counts.

3.  GP numbers for 2008 will be published at NHS board level on 27 January 2009 at www.isdscotland.org/GPpracs&pops.

The cost of any pilot elections to health boards is estimated at £2.86 million, which will be funded centrally from Health Directorates budget in 2010-11.

The information requested is not centrally held. The costs associated with NHS-employed or non-NHS perfusionists are not separately identifiable. The planning of the workforce, including healthcare scientists, is a matter for NHS boards who are responsible for planning affordable and sustainable services in their area based on need.

This information is not held centrally. The planning of the workforce, including healthcare scientists, is a matter for NHS boards who are responsible for planning services in their area based on need.

The Scottish Futures Trust has been established and we have appointed Sir Angus Grossart as its Chair. Sir Angus is moving forward the work needed to deliver the objectives set out for the trust in the Business Case we published in May. Key appointments and core staffing needs are being identified.

The SFT will engage with delivery and funding issues across a wide range of infrastructure sectors. The formation of at least two community hubs, including primary/community care facilities, will be an early priority.

The First Minister''s statement on 3 September 2008 reminded the Parliament of the very real progress we have made on our government programme for 2008-09.

And, as I am sure the Parliament is aware, progress towards our purpose, strategic objectives and national outcomes, to which resources are aligned, can be viewed at any time on the Scotland Performs website.

We are making good progress with the development of the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) initiative which will deliver major infrastructure projects through more cost-effective means than the standard form of PFI.

The Cabinet will take a decision regarding the next steps in the development of SFT shortly and an announcement will be made following this.