- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards are currently subject to special measures.
Answer
In Scotland, NHS Boards are subject to the NHS Board Performance Escalation Framework which has a five stage escalation process. There are currently five territorial Health Boards escalated to Stage 3 or above on the framework. These boards are subject to additional scrutiny and are receiving tailored support.
Escalated Boards (as at June 2022)
NHS Board | Current Stage | Primary Factors Influencing Escalation |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | 3 | ? Financial management and position |
NHS Borders | 3 | ? Financial management and position |
NHS Highland | 3 | ? Financial management and position ? Governance, leadership and culture ? Mental Health Performance |
NHS Lothian | 3 | ? Mental Health Performance ? Paediatric Audiology |
NHS Tayside | 3 | ? Mental Health Performance |
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to address the reported recruitment and retention problems in the delivery of care at home.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2022
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people who signed up to help deliver the COVID-19 vaccination programme have now taken permanent roles within the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
We are grateful to all those staff who supported the delivery of Scotland's Covid-19 vaccination campaign, a significant number of whom were already employed across primary care services or drawn from substantive roles across NHS Scotland. All those individuals deployed in roles normally undertaken by substantive staff were employed by NHS Scotland for the duration of their involvement.
To enable a sustainable vaccination workforce, funding has been made available to Boards, which enables those on fixed-term contracts to be recruited to permanent posts. The Scottish Government expects Boards to support where possible, the redeployment of staff, to retain the valuable skills and experience that this workforce has developed.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS boards will have any future role and responsibility for vaccination and immunisation services once the deadline has passed for them to complete the Vaccination Transformation Programme (VTP).
Answer
The Vaccination Transformation Programme covers all routine immunisations that are delivered in Scotland. From the 1 st of April, NHS territorial Health Boards have responsibility for the delivery of vaccination programmes, with models varying across Scotland to align with local requirements. This allows Health Boards the flexibility to arrange vaccination centres at community venues, delivering through existing health teams (such as Midwives or Community Pharmacies), or establish new clinics to meet local needs. Some Health Boards may continue to utilise GP practices to provide vaccination services by local arrangement.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reported shortages in the labour market.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2022
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 4 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the completion rate has been to date of Scotland's Census 2022, and whether it is taking any further action to increase uptake.
Answer
As of 4 May, 2,108,468 households in Scotland have successfully submitted their response to Scotland's Census 2022.
It is essential we maximise participation and ensure that everyone is heard and their needs captured. That is why the census online completion site remains open and support through both the free helpline (0800 030 8308) and field teams will remain in place.
National Records of Scotland will also continue to accept paper returns for this short extension period - until end May.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how its cross-government co-ordination of Covid Recovery policies will address the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the population.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2022
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much COVID-19-related funding from the UK Government it (a) received in 2020-21 and (b) has received in 2021-22, broken down by how much (i) has been allocated to (A) COVID-19-specific spending, (B) non-COVID-19-specific spending and (ii) remains unallocated.
Answer
The Scottish Government has received £14.564 billion in Covid-19 related funding from the UK Government. Amounts received for 2020-21 were £9.752 billion and for 2021-22 are £4.812 billion. Details of the timing and split of funding received are included in the following table:
UK Government COVID Allocations to Scottish Government (£m) | Resource | Capital & FTs | Total |
2020-21 Funding allocated by UK Government - Barnett Guarantee | 8,600 | | 8,600 |
2020-21 Funding allocated by UK Government - Supplementary Estimates | 874 | 278 | 1,152 |
2021-22 Funding allocated by UK Government - UK Spending Review 2020 | 1,328 | | 1,328 |
2021-22 Funding allocated by UK Government - Budget | 1,206 | | 1,206 |
2021-22 Funding allocated by UK Government - Main Estimates | 1,000 | | 1,000 |
2021-22 Funding allocated by UK Government - UK Spending Review 2021 | 516 | | 516 |
2021-22 Funding allocated by UK Government - Supplementary Estimates | 707 | 55 | 762 |
Total | 14,231 | 333 | 14,564 |
Following completion of the 2021-22 Spring Budget Revision exercise total Covid-19 funding allocations are £14.855 billion, £291 million more than the total UK funding received.
The timeline and split of Scottish Government Covid-19 funding allocations is detailed in the table below. Note that the £1.152 billion received at Supplementary Estimate 2020-21 was deferred into 2021-22.
Deployment of funds to support Covid response by Scottish Government (£m) | Resource | Capital & FTs | Total |
2020-21 Budget Revisions | 8,677 | 11 | 8,688 |
2021-22 Scottish Budget Bill as Amended | 3,593 | 278 | 3,871 |
2021-22 Autumn Budget Revision | 1,050 | | 1,050 |
2021-22 Spring Budget Revision | 1,162 | 84 | 1,246 |
Total | 14,482 | 373 | 14,855 |
There are challenges when attempting to directly compare funding received and Scottish Government deployment on Covid 19. For example the £707 million received at 2021-22 Supplementary Estimates includes £143 million of "Budget Cover transfers" in relation to Test and Trace/vaccination. The UK Government does not classify this as a Covid-19 Barnett Consequential but has been included in the total Covid-19 funding received.
Despite the complications with timing, classification and judgement, the Scottish Government has deployed all of the Covid-19 funding it has received over the course of the pandemic to directly support Covid-19 response measures.
