- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 8 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what organisations support its move to extend nurses’ powers to detain pending medical examination from two to three hours.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-25830 on 9 June 2015. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 8 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when the working group that is examining the requirement for inpatient beds for people with a learning disability will report and when it will publish the findings.
Answer
The Mental Health and Learning Disability Bed Census: One Day Audit was undertaken on 29 October 2014. The Scottish Government plans to publish provisional analysis from the census imminently.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how the £40 million of additional funding for general practice that was announced in 2015 has been allocated and which (a) practices and (b) primary care teams have received support.
Answer
Further discussion on how best to invest this funding has taken place, since the announcement, with key stakeholders. Priority will be given to addressing workload issues within general practices to improve patient care. The details are being discussed and agreed with key stakeholders and an announcement will be made shortly.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action the working group that is developing the new drug and alcohol information system (DAISy) is taking to ensure that data will be collected on young carers in households in which there is at least one adult known to NHS alcohol and drug partnership services.
Answer
The DAISy dataset subgroup has developed, in broad consultation with Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs), treatment and support services, service users and people in recovery, a set of data requirements for DAISy which include the following mandatory questions for all clients engaging with drug and alcohol services:
How many children under 16 does the client have?
How many children under 16 live in the same household as the client?
Has routine enquiry been carried out for domestic abuse or child abuse?
DAISy will also include a recovery outcomes indicator which will assess and review the overall position on the client’s parenting capacity and child(ren)’s wellbeing.
Data gathered from these questions will give an indication of the number of potential young carers in households in which there is at least one known adult to drug and alcohol services.
The full DAISy dataset was published in December 2014 and can be found via:
http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Misuse/Drug-Alcohol-Information-System/Governance/
It is expected that services will undertake a comprehensive, person-centred assessment with all clients, which should include the impact of their behaviour on children and young people within their care. The Quality Principles: Standard Expectations of Care and Support in Drug and Alcohol Services (http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00458241.pdf), published in August 2014, clearly state that: “services should be family inclusive as part of their practice” and that if the service user has children, “their needs and wellbeing will be a primary concern”.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of clinicians being part of a region-wide managed care network, for what reason they cannot access the clinical details of patients at the Scottish Care Information Store in cases where electronic records are held in different NHS board areas.
Answer
Each health board has a separate instance of the Scottish Care Information (SCI) Store. It is recognised that in some situations clinicians require access to records in the SCI Store of other health boards. National Services Scotland, who operates SCI Store on behalf of NHSScotland, can facilitate this with board agreement. All NHS boards have established live store to store connections with neighbouring or other boards where there are recognised clinical pathways. There are currently 70 store to store connections. For example NHS Golden Jubilee, which routinely treats patients from across Scotland, has 11 SCI Store connections to access patient details from other regions.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the closure of the TrakCare system in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area for a 20-hour period in November 2014 for upgrade work, whether it (a) took steps to ensure this could not be repeated and, if so, what, (b) advised the other NHS boards that use the system that the contractor could take such action and (c) has taken action to ensure that contracts for such services specify that such interruptions should not take place.
Answer
The planned downtime that was required in November 2014 was as a result of a major version upgrade. Such upgrades are infrequent and are planned in full consultation with clinical teams. Such planning ensures that appropriate contingencies are in place and that disruption to the continuity and safety of patient services is minimal. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have been in ongoing discussions with the system supplier to work to reduce the overhead of future upgrades. During the period when Trakcare was unavailable, full access was available to the clinical portal that contains the full electronic patient record. The Personal Medical Services Strategic Oversight Group with membership drawn from Trakcare boards meets regularly to discuss a range of issues including minimising disruption during upgrades. There are contractual arrangements in place which specify penalties for unplanned interruptions in service.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the patient management information systems used by each NHS board.
Answer
NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Highland, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian, and NHS Shetland use the Trakcare Personal Medical Services (PMS) information systems. NHS Orkney and NHS National Waiting Times Centre will go live with the Trakcare PMS system in mid-June 2015. NHS Tayside currently use the Topas PMS system although they are planning for the implementation of the Trakcare PMS system. NHS Fife currently use the Oasis PMS system and will move to Trakcare PMS as the current contract comes to an end. NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Forth Valley and NHS Western Isles all use the Topas PMS system.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-23899 by Jamie Hepburn on 15 January 2015, when the work under commitment 23 of the mental health strategy will be (a) completed and (b) published.
Answer
The work is on-going but nearing completion. A core data set of key performance indicators of crisis and community mental health services has been created and consulted upon through the work of the Scottish Crisis and Acute Inpatient Care Network for Mental Health. Discussions are underway about local health boards testing the data set to establish its validity, usefulness and feasibility. We will thereafter consider any refinement of the published national standards for crisis that may be necessary.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S3W-34514 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 June 2010, what (a) role it had in the procurement of and (b) guidance it issued regarding the TrakCare contract for NHS (i) Lothian, (ii) Grampian, (iii) Highland, (iv) Orkney and (v) Shetland.
Answer
NHS Lothian had procured the Personal Medical Services (PMS) Trakcare system prior to the announcement of the contract with the consortium boards referenced in S3W-34514. NHS Grampian were one of the five consortium boards in that procurement. NHS Highland and NHS Shetland have procured and implemented the Trakcare PMS system within the last year. Shetland (and the National Waiting Times Centre) have procured Trakcare and will implement in mid June 2015. All of these procurements were dependent upon business cases prepared locally and approved by NHS board senior management. Procurement and implementation is discussed directly between the board and the supplier. A PMS strategic oversight group with membership from all Trakcare boards and those planning for implementation is in place. This includes representation from the PMS Clinical Strategy Group, representing clinical views, as well as Scottish Government representation. This group discusses areas of common interest and is also a forum to meet the supplier on a collective basis and provide a common view on developments.
- Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S3W-34514 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 June 2010, what role it had in the procurement of the TrakCare contract for each of the NHS boards.
Answer
The Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract was negotiated on behalf of a consortium of NHS boards. There were two main governance boards. A consortium management group chaired by the Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with membership drawn from senior managers from all of the consortium boards. The boards involved in that consortium were NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire. A PMS Programme board to oversee the details of the procurement was established. This drew on a wider range of representation including one Scottish Government representative, the Head of eHealth.
The eHealth strategy board whose membership is drawn from senior management positions in NHSScotland and the Scottish Government approved the full business case and associated expenditure outlined in S3W-34514.
