- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many people saved money in 2014 because of the abolition of prescription charges for long-term illnesses, broken down by the (a) average and (b) overall saving.
Answer
There are around two million people in Scotland living with long-term medical conditions. A number of those would have qualified for free prescriptions because of their condition.
However, there are many conditions which might be thought of as long-term illnesses, such as coeliac disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, as well as asthma, and people suffering from those conditions did not automatically qualify for free prescriptions. The Scottish Government has previously estimated that around 65% of paid for prescriptions were for people living with a long-term condition.
As an illustration of the money potentially saved by such a patient, someone with asthma who may require ten prescriptions a year will be saving £80.50 compared with a similar patient in England, where charges remain in place. Following the anticipated increase in England in April 2015, that saving will increase to £82.50. Any patient who would benefit from a pre-payment certificate will be saving £104 compared with a similar patient in England.
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Glasgow City Council to discuss how it is taking forward the childcare commitment for eligible two-year-olds and all three and four-year-olds.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2015
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it will be doing in Glasgow to mark the Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2015
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire and what matters were discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2015
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what funds it is making available to NHS boards for 2015-16.
Answer
Territorial boards have been given a general allocation increase of £282 million for 2015-16, an overall average increase over the equivalent 2014-15 allocation of 3.4 per cent.
The further funding of £30 million announced for delayed discharge will form part of boards’ baseline budgets, taking the total uplift to 3.8 per cent.
Special boards’ allocations have increased by 1.0 per cent. In addition, differential efficiency savings have been allocated to the elements of special boards’ budgets not providing direct patient care which results in an overall net increase of 0.6 per cent.
Details of boards’ revenue resource and capital allocations for 2015-16 are provided in the following tables:
Revenue Resource
| Territorial Boards | 2015-16 Uplift (£ million) | 2015-16 Uplift (%) | 2015-16 General Allocation (£ million) | Delayed Discharge (£ million) | 2015-16 Total (%) |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 16.6 | 2.7 | 635.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| Borders | 4.4 | 2.4 | 184.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 6.2 | 2.4 | 265.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| Fife | 17.5 | 3.1 | 574.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| Forth Valley | 11.8 | 2.6 | 461.5 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| Grampian | 49.1 | 6.3 | 827.3 | 2.7 | 6.7 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 51.8 | 2.7 | 1,975.5 | 7.1 | 3.1 |
| Highland | 24.8 | 4.7 | 550.0 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| Lanarkshire | 38.0 | 3.8 | 1,051.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Lothian | 37.7 | 3.2 | 1,225.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| Orkney | 5.4 | 15.1 | 41.3 | 0.1 | 15.4 |
| Shetland | 1.1 | 2.8 | 40.7 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Tayside | 15.9 | 2.5 | 660.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| Western Isles | 1.5 | 2.4 | 63.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Total | 281.8 | 3.4 | 8,558.9 | 30.0 | 3.8 |
| Special Boards | 2015-16 Uplift (£ million) | 2015-16 Uplift (%) | 2015-16 General Allocation (£ million) | Delayed Discharge (£ million) | 2015-16 Total (%) |
| National Waiting Times Centre | 0.5 | 1.0 | 46.0 | | |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 2.1 | 1.0 | 212.1 | | |
| National Services Scotland | 1.3 | 0.5 | 283.3 | | |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland | -0.3 | -1.9 | 15.2 | | |
| The State Hospital | 0.3 | 1.0 | 34.2 | | |
| NHS 24 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 62.7 | | |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 2.4 | 0.6 | 392.6 | | |
| NHS Health Scotland | -0.9 | -4.6 | 18.0 | | |
| Total | 6.1 | 0.6 | 1,064.1 | | |
Capital Resource
| Territorial Boards | £ million |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 20.6 |
| NHS Borders | 6.5 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 9.2 |
| NHS Fife | 13.9 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 7.3 |
| NHS Grampian | 15.3 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 87.9 |
| NHS Highland | 11.3 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 19.9 |
| NHS Lothian | 46.7 |
| NHS Orkney | 2.4 |
| NHS Shetland | 1.1 |
| NHS Tayside | 15.5 |
| NHS Western Isles | 4.9 |
| Total | 262.5 |
| Special Boards | £ million |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland | 1.5 |
| NHS 24 | 0.3 |
| Health Scotland | 0.7 |
| National Services Scotland | 5.8 |
| National Waiting Times Centre | 3.0 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 10.1 |
| The State Hospital | 0.3 |
| Total | 21.7 |
Recurring allocations: in addition to the allocations outlined above, there will be recurring allocations of £40.3 million which will be added to boards’ baseline budgets in 2015-16.
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many inpatients waited more than 12 weeks for treatment in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.
Answer
The number of patients who waited over 12 weeks for inpatient or day case treatment was 138,288 in 2005-06 and 129,062 in 2006-07.
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what international development support it is providing for people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2015
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many people saved money in 2014 because of free eye tests, broken down by the (a) average and (b) overall saving.
Answer
Information Services Division, part of NHS National Services Division, collects information on NHS General Ophthalmic Service activity carried out by eye care professionals in Scotland. It reports a total of 1,913,565 eye care examinations were carried out in Scotland in 2012-13.
Sight tests in England, where universal free tests have not been introduced, cost in the region of £20-£30 for people who are not exempt from payment, depending on their circumstances.
The overall collective saving to the people of Scotland from having entirely free sight tests can therefore be estimated at around £40 million.
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 19 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many people saved money in 2014 because of free personal and nursing care, broken down by the (a) average and (b) overall saving.
Answer
Over 77,000 people in Scotland benefit from the Scottish Government’s policy of free personal care, consisting of more than 30,000 people in care homes and over 47,000 living in their own home.
The latest Free Personal and Nursing Care Services figures published are for 2012-13. These are published on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/statistics/browse/health/data/fpnc.
The weekly rate for free personal care is £169, and for those requiring both free personal and nursing care is £246.
Personal care provided by a local authority is free for over 65s. For those receiving direct payments or receiving contributions to the personal and nursing care elements of residential care fees, over the course of a full year, an individual in receipt of free personal care would be eligible to payments of £8,788, and an individual in receipt of free personal and nursing care would be eligible to payments of £12,792.
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what legislation governs electrical safety in care homes.
Answer
Electrical safety in care homes would be covered by:
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
BS 7671 2008 (including amendments)- this is not legislation but can be used to show compliance with the preceding Acts/Regulations
Scottish Building Standards (Non Domestic Buildings).
