The information requested is not held centrally. The Scottish Government expects NHS boards to have arrangements in place that ensures the safe and effective provision of good quality liaison psychiatry to acute hospitals and services, including to accident and emergency departments.

Details are as follows:

Table 1 - The number of patients formally¹ admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Scotland^2,3,4 that were referred from a GP⁵, 2010-11 to 2013-14

Year	Number of patients6
2010-11	382
2011-12	309
2012-13	366
2013-14	336

Information on psychiatric inpatients and day cases is recorded in Scottish morbidity record 04 (SMR04). Data on SMR04 is routinely published by financial year and 2013-14 is the latest year for which information is available.

1. Formal admissions are identified by using the admission status variable. This variable indicates the status of the patient at the time of admission to hospital with respect to the Mental Health Act (Scotland) 2003.

2. Includes all patients treated in Scottish hospitals.

3. Data from the State Hospital (Carstairs) have been excluded.

4. Data from the learning disability specialty have been excluded.

5. GP referrals are identified by using the "admission referral from" variable.

6. Patients are counted only once in each year even if they had more than one formal admission in that year.

The information is not held ventrally. The Recommendations for the Management and Treatment of Eating Disorders in Scotland recognises prevalence estimates for the number of people with eating disorders in Scotland are difficult to calculate given the likely numbers who do not seek medical help, but does not offer an estimate of the number of cases that are not reported.

The majority of people with an eating disorder will be treated in the community by specialist eating disorder or community mental health teams. A small number may need specialist psychiatric or acute inpatient care. NHS boards, working in partnership with primary and secondary care services will agree post-discharge support including arrangements about the nature and frequency of post-discharge monitoring. A range of support will be offered depending on individual circumstances and the level of need, including contingency plans made in advance about how to get help in crisis should it be needed.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26703 on 4 August 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

As set out in the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme agreement between the Department of Health and the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry, payment percentages are adjusted annually. The annual payment percentages for 2016 and 2017 are not yet available.

Licensed branded medicines are included. Primary care data is used as this is the most consistent data set available across the UK. The health departments explored with industry whether an accurate four country split of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme sales data could be obtained to inform the apportionment however not all companies are able to provide this data.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26703 on 4 August 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

Data on the specific numbers of referrals and declines is not provided to the Scottish Government. However the latest published data on the numbers of all referrals and referrals including those rejected referrals for psychological therapies and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by NHSScotland is available from the Information Services Division (ISD) reports on waiting times reports on CAMHS and psychological therapies.

These ISD reports are available online at:

CAMHS waiting times report: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Publications/2015-05-26/2015-05-26-CAMHS-Report.pdf

Psychological therapies waiting times report: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Publications/2015-05-26/2015-05-26-WT-PsychTherapies-Report.pdf

The number of newly qualified nurses recruited by the NHS each year since 2005, broken down by NHS board, is not held centrally.

However, in terms of current nursing staff levels, we are better equipped to deliver services than ever before. Under this government, the number of qualified nurses and midwives (including interns) working across NHSScotland has increased by 2,357.0 whole time equivalent – up 5.7 per cent to a record high.

In addition, the Scottish Government has provided £450,000 further investment over the next three years to attract 75 former nurses and midwives per year back into practice. Furthermore, in January 2015 the Scottish Government announced a third successive rise in pre-registration student nursing and midwifery intake, with a 3% increase for 2015-16 complementing the 6% increase for 2014-15.