Chamber and committees

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

This information is not available.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

SPS did not hold data on non – routine dental health issues separately from data on all dental services issues.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

Information on prisoners waiting times are contained in the SPS Prisoner Surveys. These are published on the SPS website which can be accessed at http://www.sps.gov.uk/Publications/publications.aspx?PublicationCategory=Research&view3order=&view3direction=&dosearch=y.

Prior to 1 November 2011, SPS had a dental services standard “Health Care Standard 9”, which can also be accessed on the SPS website http://www.sps.gov.uk/Publications/Publication-3268.aspx. In 2010-11, compliance against health care standard 9 ranged between 78 to 100% compliant. Seven Establishments demonstrated 100% compliance. Dental health services are now a matter for NHS health boards.

The total number of males diagnosed with eating disorders in Scotland is not available centrally.

Practice Team Information records provide national estimates of the number of patients who have consulted either a GP or practice-employed nurse each year where an eating disorder was noted as one of the reasons for consulting - rather than how many patients were newly diagnosed. Information by gender and age group for the last eight years is published in the recent PTI 2010/11 Publication (page 33). More detailed figures are also available on the PTI website: http://www.isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/General-Practice/PTI-Statistics/.

Please note that patients who consulted in more than one year are counted once in each year. PTI cannot be used to estimate figures by individual NHS board area.

Information on number of patients treated for eating disorders at acute and psychiatric hospitals during financial years 2006-07 to 2010-11 is shown in Tables 1 and 2. Patients treated in acute and psychiatric hospitals in the same year are counted in both the acute and psychiatric tables.

Table 1. Number of male patients treated at acute hospitals (SMR01) in Scotland for eating disorders, 2006-07 to 2010-11

Table 2. Number of male patients treated at psychiatric hospitals (SMR04) in Scotland for eating disorders, years 2006-07 to 2010-2011

Note: * Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain patient confidentiality.

The information is not centrally available. However, published information showing the whole time equivalent and headcount of Allied Health Professions including Speech and Language Therapists by NHS board and Region is available on the NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division website which can be found at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables.asp?id=837#837.

In Scotland there are two means by which the number of cases of pertussis are counted; clinical notifications and laboratory reports. Clinical notifications are based on the clinical diagnosis of pertussis by a GP or other doctor and do not require the infection to be laboratory confirmed. Laboratory reports are based on the laboratory isolation of the bacteria, its detection by molecular methods or the detection of an immune response in a blood sample from the patient. A patient can be both clinical notified and laboratory confirmed, or one or the other.

The following tables provide the relevant details for both clinical notifications, and laboratory reports.

Clinical notifications:

Table 1: Clinical notifications of pertussis 2007-2011 by NHS Board

Table 2: Clinical notifications of pertussis 2007-2011 by age band

Laboratory reports

Laboratory reports of pertussis to HPS via ECOSS

Table 3: Laboratory confirmed cases of pertussis 2007-2011 by NHS Board

Notes:

*Lamarkshire laboratory undertake the serology testing in Scotland, samples from other NHS boards will have been tested in Lanarkshire and are currently recorded in the database as Lanarkshire as this is where the sample was tested. This creates an artificial picture of the true incidence of pertussis in NHS Lanarkshire. Health Protection Scotland is undertaking work to resolve this problem for 2012.

** Some samples tested at Health Protection Agency, not possible from data extract to determine original submitting board.

Table 4: Laboratory reports by age band 2007-2011

This information is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government sets national direction of policy on mental health and provides funding to agencies, including NHS boards and local authorities, to support implementation of policy. The management of local actions in implementing national policy, and decisions on local spending priorities are the responsibility of relevant local agencies.

Recommendations within the Mental Welfare Commission’s report Left Behind are for NHS boards to consider. The Scottish Government will continue to monitor NHS board performance through regular six monthly Mental Health Implementation Review Visits.

NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland have started work on the Scottish Patient Safety Programme-Mental Health which will be a four year programme with an overall aim of reducing the harm experienced by individuals in receipt of care from mental health services. It will start with a focus on adult psychiatric inpatient units (and forensic inpatient units) including admission and discharge processes. The programme will exclude inpatient units caring for people with dementia and exclude older adult functional illness units.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is working in partnership with NHS boards to meet the health care needs of prisoners to support rehabilitation. If it is clinically identified that a prisoner requires speech and language therapy support then a referral for consideration can be made to the local health board.