We are currently engaging with a wide range of stakeholders including people who use services, service providers and professional bodies about the next mental health strategy which will be produced in 2016, and informed by that engagement with interested parties. We will continue to do so as the strategy takes shape. This is an open process and all organisations and individuals who want to contribute can do so. This process is also being informed by stakeholder engagement events being run for the Scottish Government by the Scottish Association for Mental Health and Voices of Experience. We will publish information about this stakeholder engagement alongside development and publication of a new strategy, which will include details of a range of stakeholders that we have met as part of the process.

The progress against each of the commitments in the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland 2012-2015 is updated, where appropriate, on the Scottish Government's website (see following link). Where there is no update on an individual commitment, we will report the status in spring 2016, after the completion of the strategy’s timeframe.

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Services/Mental-Health/Strategy

NHS Special Health Boards received differential funding dependent upon their relationship with directly patient facing services.

In terms of efficiency savings, four of the special health boards generated efficiency savings which were returned to the Scottish Government and reinvested in patient facing services in the other health boards. The other special boards retained their efficiency savings for local reinvestment. Savings are agreed with boards as part of their annual financial planning process.

The following table shows the uplifts(reductions) for Special NHS Boards in 2015-16. Draft Budget figures are also provided for 2016-17.

	2014-15 Baseline	Baseline	Efficiency	2015-16 Baseline	2016-17 Budget	2016-17 Budget
Board		Uplift 1%	Savings		Uplift	Baseline
	£000s	£000s	£000s	£000s	£000s	£000s
NHS National Waiting Times Centre Board	45,495	455		45,950	590	46,541
Scottish Ambulance Service	209,967	2,100		212,066	6,475	218,541
NHS National Services Scotland	282,029	2,820	(1,500)	283,349	10,045	293,394
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	15,454	155	(450)	15,158	336	15,494
The State Hospital	33,859	339		34,197	87	34,284
NHS 24	62,104	621		62,725	1,891	64,616
NHS National Education Scotland	390,156	3,902	(1,500)	392,557	16,100	408,657
NHS Health Scotland	18,898	189	(1,050)	18,037	180	18,217

The number of doctors in training in NHSScotland has increased by 526.9 whole time equivalent, or 10.0 per cent, since September 2010.

Further detail on doctors in training is available on the Information Services Division Scotland website – http://www.isdscotland.org.

The reduction in the number of measures installed through our Home Energy Efficiency Programmes Scotland (HEEPS) schemes is primarily the result of changes made by the UK Government to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). HEEPS funding is blended with ECO to help deliver more expensive measures such as solid wall insulation. Figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change indicate that, based on the share of ECO measures delivered, £184 million of ECO funding was spent in Scotland in 2013-14. However, due to changes to ECO introduced by the UK Government in December 2013, ECO spend in Scotland in 2014-15 fell to £110 million. To help mitigate against this reduction the Scottish Government increased its fuel poverty and domestic energy efficiency budget in 2014-15 and increased the levels of assistance available to households.

Information is provided in the following tables on the total number of continuous inpatient stays as well as the number of emergency readmission continuous inpatient stays within 28 days.

A)

The number of continuous inpatient stays for medical specialties by month and NHS Board of Residence.

Health Board	Jan 2015	Feb 2015	Mar 2015	Apr 2015	May 2015	Jun 2015	Jul 2015	Aug 2015	Sep 2015
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	4,555	4,302	4,709	4,377	4,543	4,536	4,622	4,486	4,663
NHS Borders	1,319	1,309	1,427	1,435	1,410	1,376	1,357	1,335	1,362
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	1,256	1,290	1,315	1,232	1,222	1,246	1,187	1,078	1,078
NHS Fife	3,457	3,298	3,469	3,291	3,310	3,383	3,527	3,412	3,445
NHS Forth Valley	2,224	2,124	2,308	2,133	2,087	1,994	2,073	2,045	2,075
NHS Grampian	5,089	4,719	5,457	4,970	5,112	5,166	5,029	4,928	4,949
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	14,395	14,043	15,347	14,650	14,727	14,865	14,743	14,473	14,548
NHS Highland	2,986	2,840	3,186	3,002	2,975	2,874	2,931	2,606	2,302
NHS Lanarkshire	7,665	7,437	8,015	7,576	7,458	7,436	7,620	7,506	7,262
NHS Lothian	7,974	7,372	8,144	7,929	7,720	7,534	7,651	7,255	7,707
NHS Orkney Islands	191	198	193	161	179	179	209	163	177
NHS Shetland Islands	164	168	212	187	166	208	207	178	155
NHS Tayside	3,163	2,959	3,122	3,025	3,058	3,038	3,021	2,994	3,212
NHS Western Isles	194	190	209	222	191	211	214	195	206

Source: SMR01, ISD Scotland

 

The number of emergency readmission continuous inpatient stays within 28 days for medical specialties by month and NHS Board of Residence.

Health Board	Jan 2015	Feb 2015	Mar 2015	Apr 2015	May 2015	Jun 2015	Jul 2015	Aug 2015	Sep 2015
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	561	517	565	553	545	533	571	529	534
NHS Borders	144	134	182	168	166	169	157	153	139
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	160	126	159	128	148	161	125	139	135
NHS Fife	344	370	391	375	383	375	391	391	387
NHS Forth Valley	289	248	313	298	274	260	257	246	242
NHS Grampian	511	485	549	530	503	505	543	502	483
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,497	1,425	1,606	1,466	1,590	1,588	1,536	1,412	1,406
NHS Highland	282	301	321	286	301	269	263	237	202
NHS Lanarkshire	862	826	911	877	817	743	836	762	773
NHS Lothian	921	862	1,039	974	966	886	908	813	849
NHS Orkney Islands	25	31	18	10	12	19	23	13	16
NHS Shetland Islands	22	21	28	23	17	17	20	19	10
NHS Tayside	373	339	387	364	383	410	433	390	451
NHS Western Isles	34	26	26	30	27	40	19	26	28

Source: SMR01, ISD Scotland

 

B)

The number of continuous inpatient stays for surgical specialties by month and NHS Board of Residence.

Health Board	Jan 2015	Feb 2015	Mar 2015	Apr 2015	May 2015	Jun 2015	Jul 2015	Aug 2015	Sep 2015
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	3,366	3,265	3,695	3,413	3,467	3,461	3,545	3,473	3,604
NHS Borders	829	780	1,002	972	909	970	951	880	964
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	1,716	1,695	1,950	1,668	1,748	1,863	1,791	1,579	1,172
NHS Fife	2,658	2,625	2,894	2,668	2,722	2,797	2,673	2,495	2,770
NHS Forth Valley	1,869	1,993	2,208	2,096	2,058	2,037	2,004	2,056	2,006
NHS Grampian	4,294	4,359	4,746	4,459	4,518	4,454	4,160	4,305	4,374
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	11,586	11,221	12,622	11,232	11,240	11,222	11,331	11,397	11,952
NHS Highland	2,603	2,292	3,058	2,785	2,801	2,737	1,398	1,273	1,371
NHS Lanarkshire	6,249	6,407	6,977	6,164	6,529	6,818	6,735	6,678	6,731
NHS Lothian	5,586	5,293	5,889	5,581	5,742	5,798	5,779	5,199	5,481
NHS Orkney Islands	254	224	268	263	229	250	242	244	215
NHS Shetland Islands	269	288	277	269	292	266	282	268	252
NHS Tayside	2,670	2,673	2,872	2,799	2,757	2,835	2,553	2,766	2,880
NHS Western Isles	344	358	346	324	363	431	429	386	414

Source: SMR01, ISD Scotland

 

The number of emergency readmission continuous inpatient stays within 28 days for surgical specialties by month and NHS Board of Residence.

Health Board	Jan 2015	Feb 2015	Mar 2015	Apr 2015	May 2015	Jun 2015	Jul 2015	Aug 2015	Sep 2015
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	193	218	238	225	251	274	228	207	259
NHS Borders	60	48	67	63	68	76	77	54	67
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	101	77	89	88	75	84	93	64	92
NHS Fife	209	194	241	236	207	195	222	206	236
NHS Forth Valley	118	128	165	123	123	142	167	138	165
NHS Grampian	212	227	251	222	220	207	227	207	236
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	558	559	709	656	709	718	715	670	681
NHS Highland	124	101	139	142	146	138	73	68	57
NHS Lanarkshire	353	410	430	426	396	434	414	398	443
NHS Lothian	316	315	311	354	303	362	366	320	321
NHS Orkney Islands	12	8	13	14	10	19	16	14	11
NHS Shetland Islands	10	7	15	12	22	13	12	16	13
NHS Tayside	169	191	187	190	173	199	206	206	204
NHS Western Isles	8	7	10	12	16	16	20	18	13

Source: SMR01, ISD Scotland

Note: All discharges (defined as a continuous stay in hospital), which meet the selection criteria, were included in the analysis. Each discharge was compared with the next admission to hospital for the same patient. If this subsequent admission occurred within 28 days of the date of discharge for the previous hospital stay and was coded as an emergency admission, it was selected as a relevant readmission. Cases were excluded from the analysis if the patient died within 28 days of discharge. The figures include readmissions within 28 days whether or not the readmission was related to the previous hospital stay.

We are working closely with NHS Scotland health boards, the Royal College of Radiologists and National Representatives of Radiology to ensure we have the right number of radiologists in place now and in the future to deliver a safe service.

The number of consultant clinical radiologists across NHS Scotland has increased by 52.1 whole time equivalent (WTE) to a record high of 324.0 WTE – a 19.2 per cent increase since September 2010. Any fluctuation in vacancies is linked to our efforts to increase capacity by recruiting even more staff.

Detail on the establishment of clinical radiologists is available on the Information Services Division website:–

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables.asp

Information on how many mental health professionals have been employed in A&E departments is held by each individual health board.

In accordance with current legislation, we can no longer presume a retiral age as this is discriminatory. As a result, information relating to numbers of NHSScotland staff retiring in the next ten years is not available.

It should be noted that not all staff that reach the average retirement age will retire as there is no legal requirement for them to do so.

Under this government, NHSScotland has the highest staffing levels ever, with record numbers of nurses and midwives and consultants.

Published information on NHSScotland staffing levels can be found on the workforce statistics website at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables.asp

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-29604 on 10 March 2016.

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.