- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been treated for hypothermia in NHS Lothian during the recent cold weather conditions and what proportion was represented by individuals aged over 60.
Answer
People with hypothermia may be treated in a number of different health care settings (for example; accident and emergency (A&E) departments, acute hospitals).
The total number of people who have received treatment in these settings for hypothermia during the recent severe weather is not available from centrally collected, validated statistics.
It is not possible to identify people with hypothermia attending A&E departments in NHS Lothian from local management information as A&E data systems do not hold diagnosis based information.
The number of patients admitted to general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of hypothermia in NHS Lothian during this period will be available from National Statistics on publication of the Acute Hospital Care section of ISD''s website, scheduled for 28 September 2010. This publication will include detailed age and diagnosis specific information for hospital admissions based on SMR01 patient level discharge records up to the year ending 31 March 2010.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary school pupils have been sent home as a result of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Nationally, the number of primary school pupils recorded as being temporarily excluded in the annual National Statistics report on Exclusions as a result of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years is:
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| 0 | 5 or less | 5 or less | 6 | 12 |
Figures are presented nationally to reduce the risk of individuals being identified through the publication of these statistics. In the vast majority of local authorities, there are no primary school pupils recorded as being temporarily excluded as a result of alcohol misuse.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the ecstasy substitute GBL in each of the last three years.
Answer
Centrally held information on discharges from acute non-obstetric, non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) and psychiatric inpatient records (SMR04) does not allow the explicit identification of admissions where the patient has taken gamma-butyrolactone (GBL).
The Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD), which is being rolled out across Scotland, will track individuals as they progress through treatment. The system has now been modified so that users of the database can select gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) from the list if reported by the client. The information collated in financial year 2009-10 will be available from December 2010.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the cannabis substitute, Spice, in each of the last three years.
Answer
Centrally held information on discharges from acute non-obstetric, non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) and psychiatric inpatient records (SMR04) does not allow the explicit identification of admissions where the patient has taken the cannabis substitute Spice.
The Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD), which is being rolled out across Scotland, will track individuals as they progress through treatment. The system has now been modified so that users of the database can select the cannabis substitute Spice from the list if reported by the client. The information collated in financial year 2009-10 will be available from December 2010.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the amphetamine substitutes (a) mephadrone and (b) BZP in each of the last three years.
Answer
Centrally held information on discharges from acute non-obstetric, non-psychiatric hospitals (SMR01) and psychiatric inpatient records (SMR04) does not allow the explicit identification of admissions where the patient has taken mephedrone or benzylpiperazine (BZP).
The Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD), which is being rolled out across Scotland, will track individuals as they progress through treatment. The system has now been modified so that users of the database can select mephedrone and benzylipiperazine (BZP) from the list if reported by the client. The information collated in financial year 2009-10 will be available from December 2010.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many men aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 44, (c) 45 to 64 and (d) 65 and over in the Lothians region have been admitted to a mental health speciality in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of men aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 44, (c) 45 to 64 and (d) 65 and over resident in the Lothians who have been admitted to a mental health speciality in each of the last five years are detailed in the following table.
Lothian residents admitted to psychiatric specialties in Scottish hospitals. Number of individual male patients admitted each year by age group: years ending 31 March 2005 to 2009:
| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| All ages | 1,568 | 1,564 | 1,395 | 1,351 | 1,281 |
| 0-17 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 23 |
| 18-44 | 642 | 634 | 531 | 575 | 549 |
| 45-64 | 353 | 353 | 365 | 355 | 324 |
| 65 and over | 543 | 549 | 474 | 392 | 385 |
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 12 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 44, (c) 45 to 64 and (d) 65 and over in the Lothians region have been admitted to a mental health speciality in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of women aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 44, (c) 45 to 64 and (d) 65 and over resident in the Lothians who have been admitted to a mental health speciality in each of the last five years are detailed in the following table.
Lothian residents admitted to psychiatric specialties in Scottish hospitals. Number of individual female patients admitted by age group: years ending 31 March 2005 to 2009:
| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| All ages | 1 581 | 1 479 | 1 366 | 1 360 | 1 284 |
| 0-17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 13 |
| 18-44 | 788 | 741 | 670 | 681 | 635 |
| 45-64 | 389 | 398 | 372 | 364 | 365 |
| 65 and over | 384 | 321 | 308 | 292 | 271 |
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been (a) known and (b) estimated to have drug dependency issues at HMP Edinburgh in each year since 1970.
Answer
I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not available, however SPS addiction testing information, relating to HMP Edinburgh, is published annually within the Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland report. This information is available from 1999 onwards and can be accessed using the following link:
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/abstracts/ISDbull.htm.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish the minutes of the last meeting of the Small Business Consultative Group.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29749 on 11 January 2010. 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.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the representation that other parts of the United Kingdom have at the World Business Angels Association conference being held in Beijing.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no information on attendees at this event but is aware that the event presented another opportunity for LINC Scotland and the Scottish Angel Network to broadcast their success to a wider international audience.
