Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. In line with The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (Regulation 5), which requires listed public authorities to assess the impact of their policies or practices against the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, and to publish the results, Equality Impact Assessments (EQIAs) are routinely produced across the range of the Scottish Government’s activities and can be found on relevant Scottish Government web pages.

The diagnosis and treatment for those affected by SCAD is provided by the relevant health boards in Scotland. The Scottish Government expects all those affected by acute coronary syndrome, which includes myocardial infarction or heart attacks to be provided with the care they need in line with the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guidelines.

Our plans to improve rehabilitation are set out in our heart disease improvement plans. We are working in partnership with national health service boards, the voluntary sector and a range of providers across health and social care, to ensure that people who have heart disease get access to the care and support that they need to help them to return to independent living.

This data is not held centrally.

The requested information is not centrally held by ISD.

Childcare facilities in NHS hospitals are provided by a range of providers. The Care Inspectorate maintain records of all registered care services, but it is not possible to readily establish which of these are on a hospital site.

Their datastore gives information on all childcare settings.

http://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/publications-statistics/93-public/datastore

Further notes:

Further information on the statistics, including information on how the data are collected and notes to aid interpretation, is given in the 'FAQs' section of the Workforce Statistics website at http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce/ .

The Scottish Government does not collect data regarding the use of health services by people experiencing homelessness.

The Scottish Government does not currently have any plans to update the research carried out in the 2018 Health and Homelessness in Scotland report.

An Equality Impact Assessment for the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 was published on 30 March 2017. Following feedback from stakeholders we agreed to publish a refreshed Equality Impact Assessment and this will be published in the Summer.

The number of school nurses employed by NHSScotland over the last four years by Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) and headcount is shown in Table 1. As pre-2015 data is not comparable with recent ISD data, this information is not provided for 2014.

NHSScotland workforce statistics

Table 1 - Nursing and midwifery (qualified and support) staff by specialty

This information is not centrally available.

The national waiting times data mart does hold patient data at specialty level that shows how long patients waited for their appointment and how long patients who are still waiting for their appointment have waited to date. ISD can only determine the waiting times up to the quarter ending 31 December 2018 (the most recently published data) at specialty level within an NHS Board.

Data is not however held at procedure level.

Table 1 provides the median wait (days) for inpatients and day cases who were under the age of 16 years and had received their treatment (completed waits). The specialties included are oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral surgery, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, community dentistry and restorative dentistry.

Table 1: Median wait (days) for inpatients and day cases who are under the age of 16 years for dental specialties (completed waits) for quarter ending 31 December 2018

NHS staff, maternity and neonatal service users, the NHS, the Royal College of Midwives, the National Childbirth Trust and Bliss, along with others, were instrumental in shaping the five-year plan for maternity and neonatal care. It was as a result of their expert advice that a phased approach is being taken. The initial budget of £12 million is only intended to support the initial phase and we are looking at future funding, recognising that roll out will take several years.

We expect individual Health Boards to meet their responsibility to determine equipment and training needs for their staff. No staff should be financially disadvantaged by moving to the new model of care and we expect all Health Boards to be guided by existing national policy on pay and conditions.

My officials are scoping a pilot project that will offer recently retired professionals the opportunity to work with inexperienced and newly qualified staff to help build confidence and provide support. The project is in the early stages, and will include midwives as the work develops.