Chamber and committees

At the outset of the Healthy Living Centre programme there were 46 Healthy Living Centres.

Prior to 2007 a total of six Healthy living Centres closed across Scotland for various reasons.

At January 2008 there were 37 Healthy Living Centres, as a further three had re-modeled in 2007-08 due to local priorities.

From January 2008 to date, a further nine Healthy Living Centres have closed due to local funding decisions, and four Healthy Living Centres have been re-modeled or mainstreamed.

In the period 2008-10 the Scottish Government provided in excess of £3 million in transitional funding to assist Healthy Living Centres move to a sustainable financial position, following the cessation of the five year Big Lottery Fund programme.

No specific guidance has been issued. However, we recognise the importance of partnership working to improve employability and job opportunities for all those with a mental health problem, including veterans.

We are currently funding NHS Health Scotland to deliver a range of mental health improvement initiatives across Scotland through the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives. These programmes are designed to encourage employers to recognise the importance of positive mental health and wellbeing and the impact that it has on overall productivity, as well as promoting the benefits of a positive workplace culture by highlighting how good procedures and practices can both prevent staff developing mental ill-health and support those who may already be suffering from mental ill-health. More information can be found at http://www.healthyworkinglives.com/.

The Employability Learning network is a cross government initiative supporting local employability partnerships and wider Community Planning partners to improve how employability is delivered throughout Scotland. A website http://www.employabilityinscotland.com/home.aspx has been developed as a practical guide for anyone involved in employability in Scotland.

The Scottish Government, through the Scottish Mental Health and Employment Network, produced leaflets tailored for individuals, employers and health professionals on their roles and responsibilities as well as support available in helping people experiencing mental health illness who wanted to return to work. The information for employers is available at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/11/26160320/0.

The Scottish Government does not hold records of the number of Sure Start centres in Scotland and no longer promotes the Sure Start programme in Scotland as a self-standing programme.

The accident and emergency information systems can identify patients who repeatedly attend with mental health problems.

The Chief Scientist Office (CSO), of the Scottish Government''s Health and Social Care Directorates, has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. The CSO has contributed £240,000 towards the funds being made available through the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative for research in awareness and early diagnosis of cancer. This contribution ensures that researchers from Scottish universities are eligible to submit research proposals to this UK-wide initiative being led by Cancer Research UK.

The Scottish Government is very conscious that children who have a parent in prison may have additional support needs in terms of section 22 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.

Some steps we have taken so that these needs can be highlighted are:

1. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 strengthened the 2004 Act which placed a duty on education authorities to identify, meet and keep under review the additional support needs of all pupils for whom they are responsible, and to tailor provision to their individual needs.

2. New guidance for social workers was published on 24 December 2010 which specifically advises report writers to consider the impact on children and other family members of certain community disposals and especially custody.

3. The Minister for Children and Early Years hosted a meeting with representatives from Families Outside, Action for Children, Barnardos, SCCYP (Scotland''s Commissioner for Children and Young People) and Children in Scotland to discuss suggested ways forward on 25 January 2011 and officials are currently developing mechanisms to help identify children with specific support needs.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-39037 on 9 February 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx

Currently there is not 100% compliance for the submission of SMR25 forms in all statutory drug services, (b) all voluntary drug services, (c) the Scottish Prison Service and (d) all general practices.

Statutory (includes all NHS and Local Authority services) and Voluntary Drug Treatment Services:

SMR25a forms are received from all statutory and voluntary drug treatment services in Scotland. Approximately 70% of these SMR25a submissions are completed electronically.

In Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Aberdeen City approximately 65% and 75% respectively of statutory and voluntary drug treatment services currently submit SMR25a forms electronically to ISD Scotland.

Outwith Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Aberdeen City, approximately 95% of statutory and voluntary drug treatment services currently submit SMR25a forms electronically to ISD.

SMR25b forms are only submitted (electronically) by services who are also submitting electronic SMR25a forms. The vast majority of services that are submitting SMR25a forms electronically are also submitting SMR25b forms.

ISD is working with data providers throughout Scotland to ensure that, as soon as possible, all services that provide a comprehensive or specialist assessment of a client''s care/treatment needs in relation to drug misuse are submitting electronic SMR25a and SMR25b forms to ISD Scotland.

Prisons:

Since 1 April 2010, drug treatment services within all 13 publicly funded Scottish prisons make electronic SMR25a and SMR25b submissions. At present, the two private prisons in Scotland do not currently submit any SMR25a or SMR25b data to ISD.

ISD will shortly be engaging with the drug treatment services in the two private prisons with the aim of reaching a point where they are submitting SMR25a and SMR25b data electronically.

Primary Care Providers (including GPs):

SMR25a paper form submissions are received from a limited number of primary care providers. No electronic SMR25a or SMR25b submissions are received from primary care providers.

ISD will shortly be following up its initial contact with GPs with the aim of reaching a point where all relevant GPs are submitting SMR25a paper forms to ISD. After this has been achieved ISD will work with these GPs with the aim of reaching a point where they are all submitting SMR25a and SMR25b data electronically.

The Scottish Resilience Development Service training materials and notes would be of considerable commercial advantage to private sector training providers. It would therefore not be appropriate to publish such material. In addition, the names, organisations and positions along with attendees'' evaluations could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. A description of the training events along with details of the location and number of attendees is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. Number 52523)

The Scottish Government has committed to provide funding to the Association of Scottish Neighbourhood Watches to the value of £255,547 between 2008 and 2011.

The following table shows a breakdown of funding to the organisation for the period 2008 to 2012:

Period	Amount
2008-09	£ 85,900
2009-10	£ 85,515
2010-11	£ 84,132
2011-12	£ 75,000
Total	£330,547

 

This information is not held centrally because schools are not obliged to maintain an asthma register. However, they are required to take action to ensure the wellbeing of children and young people, including those with asthma. Therefore this is a matter for education authorities and schools themselves.