- 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 emergency hospital admissions in NHS Lothian can be attributed to the recent cold weather conditions and what proportion was represented by individuals aged over 60.
Answer
Official statistics relating to emergency admissions to acute general hospitals in NHS Lothian are published as part of the quarterly update to the Acute Hospital Care section of the Information Services Division''s (ISD) website (
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/3400.html).
The next publication is scheduled for 30 March 2010 and will include high level statistics up to the quarter ending 31 December 2009 based on ISD(S)1 aggregate data returns.
The subsequent publication is scheduled for 29 June 2010 and will include high level statistics up to the quarter ending 31 March 2010.
Publication of annual hospital activity, national statistics up to the year ending 31 March 2010 is scheduled for 28 September 2010 as part of the annual update to the Acute Hospital Care section of ISD''s website. These statistics will include detailed age and diagnosis specific information for emergency admissions based on SMR01 patient level discharge records.
Whilst details of diagnoses on SMR01 records can be used to identify medical conditions likely to be related to cold weather, the data collection cannot attribute admissions due to prevailing cold weather per se.
- 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 what matters were discussed at the last meeting of the Small Business Consultative Group.
Answer
The minutes of the last meeting of the Small Business Consultative Group on 11 May 2009 have been published on the Scottish Government website and can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Enterprise/SBCG/Minutes/2009/11May2009.
- 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.
