- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22551 by Kenny MacAskill on 2 October 2014, for what reason the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) stated in the answer that “SPS does not recognise that LDDs [learning difficulties and disabilities] are a significant issue amongst the prisoner population and is committed to improving our assessment process and provision of services. We are currently testing a number of approaches including piloting. This is a comprehensive screening tool providing a ‘red flag’ indicator across the spectrum of LDD conditions…” but, according to the report, Five Years On; Royal College of Nursing Scotland Review of the Transfer of Prison Health Care from the Scottish Prison Service to NHS Scotland, there is still no routine screening in prisons for LDDs.
Answer
I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The previous response to question S4W-22551 clearly stated SPS’s recognition that LDD was a significant issue within the prison population. The reference within current question S5W-05324 stating that “SPS does not recognise that LDDs are a significant issue” is a typographical error.
It is still the case that there is no routine screening for learning difficulties/disabilities (LDD) for those entering custody or who are part of the Scottish prison population. However, SPS has now concluded an LDD screening pilot project initiated at three prisons in partnership with Forth Valley NHS, New College Lanarkshire and Fife College.
An evaluation of the project was subsequently undertaken and the key findings of this will be considered in 2017, which will determine the way forward for SPS in this area of intervention.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04933 by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2016, when it will publish (a) the Mental Welfare Commission’s review of the process for investigating homicides by individuals who had previous contact with mental health services and its proposal for a revised process and (b) its response to this review.
Answer
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland submitted a final version of its review report to the Scottish Government in November 2016. The report includes a review of the existing process of investigation of homicides by people who are users of mental health services, as well as a proposal for changes to the existing system. Ministers are currently considering the report and it will be published in early 2017 as part of a consultation exercise on the proposal for changes to the current system.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason prisons are not included in the national HEAT standard that NHS boards are required to meet regarding waiting times for psychological therapies.
Answer
The health care of prisoners transferred to the NHS as of November 2011. The national HEAT standard (now an LDP standard) for psychological therapies waiting times was approved in November 2010 for inclusion in HEAT from April 2011, before the NHS was responsible for the Scottish Prison Service.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on adults who have the capacity to make a treatment decision having an absolute right to refuse any treatment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-04352 on 9 November 2016 and also S5W-04700 on 23 November 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.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many psychiatric patients have been registered in each year since 2004, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer
ISD publish a quarterly report on the number of people who have started treatment for Psychological Therapies as well as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, this data is provided by the NHS in Scotland and is published online at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Publications/. This information has been published quarterly since August 2013 and includes a breakdown by boards as well as Scotland wide figure. Latest published figures for the quarter ending September 2016 show that a total of 11,138 people started treatment for Psychological Therapies in Scotland in Quarter 3 of 2016.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether a failure by a mental health tribunal to test the evidence that a patient lacked the ability to make a decision about their treatment could provide grounds for appeal to the sheriff principal.
Answer
The Mental Health Tribunal Scotland is an independent organisation and was established by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to make decisions on the care and treatment of people who are subject to the Act. The aim of the Tribunal is to provide a responsive, accessible, independent and impartial service when making decisions on the compulsory care and treatment of people with mental disorders.
The rules under which the Tribunal operates are set out in the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2005.
There is a right under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to appeal to the Sheriff Principal (with a further appeal right to the Court of Session). Sections 320 - 322 make such provisions and detail the time limits for bringing in an appeal and the grounds on which an appeal may be brought. The majority of appeals against decisions of the Tribunal are made to the Sheriff Principal under section 320(2). However complex cases, where an appeal is made under section 320(2), may be remitted by the sheriff principal, or on the motion of any party to the appeal, to the Court of Session.
It would be for the sheriff principal and then the Court of Session to review a decision made by the Tribunal. The Court may set aside the decision of the Tribunal and can also substitute its own decision.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest BMA GP survey.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2016
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole-time equivalent human resources staff have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 2010-11, and how many there currently are.
Answer
Table 1 shows the whole-time equivalent (WTE) of human resources staff presented at 31 March of each year and for the latest published figures as at 30 June 2016.
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Mar-11
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Mar-12
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Mar-13
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Mar-14
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Mar-15
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Mar-16
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Jun-
16
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NHSScotland
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1087.3
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1006.2
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987.7
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1025.8
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1039.1
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1030.5
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1047.4
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NHS Ayrshire & Arran
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49.9
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45.3
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44.3
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56.5
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58.2
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52.1
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51.5
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NHS Borders
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17.5
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15.1
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12.9
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15.4
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16.1
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16.9
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16.4
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NHS Dumfries & Galloway
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22.2
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24.1
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25.4
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29.9
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34.5
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35.0
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34.5
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NHS Fife
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46.9
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42.1
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43.6
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37.0
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37.2
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37.5
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41.9
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NHS Forth Valley
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52.2
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46.8
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43.6
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48.8
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47.3
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50.5
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46.7
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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
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201.1
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184.4
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188.2
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190.3
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191.5
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187.4
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191.9
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NHS Grampian
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99.4
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96.8
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93.5
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105.1
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107.7
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104.2
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103.8
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NHS Highland
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99.9
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90.7
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87.2
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94.7
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99.0
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107.0
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111.0
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NHS Lanarkshire
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54.5
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50.1
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53.6
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58.5
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54.6
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56.2
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55.4
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NHS Lothian
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111.4
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97.0
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97.4
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99.3
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97.7
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97.9
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96.4
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NHS Orkney
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10.4
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7.0
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6.0
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8.0
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6.7
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7.2
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6.7
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NHS Shetland
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8.5
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5.8
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8.5
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9.5
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7.9
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7.9
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7.7
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NHS Tayside
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80.7
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75.0
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73.0
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76.3
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78.8
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71.5
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76.4
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NHS Western Isles
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15.3
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18.0
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16.4
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16.0
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15.4
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15.0
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11.7
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State Hospital
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8.0
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6.0
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6.5
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7.5
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5.5
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6.5
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5.5
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National Waiting Times Centre
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12.5
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12.4
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12.4
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12.3
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12.1
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12.1
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14.1
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Scottish Ambulance Service
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43.5
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42.8
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41.8
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42.9
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40.7
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38.6
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38.9
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NHS 24
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39.7
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34.5
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36.8
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31.2
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35.2
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33.9
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30.1
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NHS National Services Scotland
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58.7
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59.8
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49.8
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41.0
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47.4
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53.1
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69.3
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NHS Education for Scotland
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29.6
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29.8
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25.4
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25.7
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27.3
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25.7
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23.5
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NHS Health Scotland
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13.9
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12.1
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8.4
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7.4
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6.7
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5.0
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4.8
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NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland
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11.4
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10.6
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12.9
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12.4
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11.4
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9.4
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9.4
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Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS).
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Table1: Number (whole time equivalent) of Human Resources staff in post, by NHS Boards, presented as at 31 March each year.
Further notes:
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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/
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients are classified as delayed discharge, code 9 (awaiting completion of complex care arrangements in order to live in their own home), and how many there have been in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table. The 'reason for delay code' which you asked about was introduced in May 2012. A change in data definitions and reporting in July 2016 means that figures in the period July to September 2016 are not comparable with earlier census points.
Table 1: Number of people delayed awaiting completion of complex care arrangements in order to live in their own home reported at each monthly census point1,2; Scotland
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May-12
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Jun-12
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Jul-12
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Aug-12
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Sep-12
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Oct-12
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Nov-12
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Dec-12
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Jan-13
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Feb-13
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Mar-13
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3
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3
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7
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9
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9
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8
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8
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5
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6
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11
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9
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Apr-13
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May-13
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Jun-13
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Jul-13
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Aug-13
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Sep-13
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Oct-13
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Nov-13
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Dec-13
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Jan-14
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Feb-14
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Mar-14
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7
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18
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18
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20
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17
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19
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17
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20
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20
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21
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27
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24
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Apr-14
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May-14
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Jun-14
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Jul-14
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Aug-14
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Sep-14
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Oct-14
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Nov-14
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Dec-14
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Jan-15
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Feb-15
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Mar-15
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28
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35
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26
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28
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28
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24
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31
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25
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29
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29
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22
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23
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Apr-15
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May-15
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Jun-15
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Jul-15
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Aug-15
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Sep-15
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Oct-15
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Nov-15
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Dec-15
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Jan-16
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Feb-16
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Mar-16
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21
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15
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19
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17
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18
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24
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25
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28
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28
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23
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20
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24
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Apr-16
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May-16
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Jun-16
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Jul-16
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Aug-16
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Sep-16
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30
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26
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27
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17
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21
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36
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1 Figures in the above tables are as at a monthly census point and it is therefore not possible or appropriate to derive any monthly or annual totals from these.
2 Data recording and reporting definitions changed with effect from 1st July 2016. Consequently figures from July 2016 onwards are not comparable with data up to June 2016. Link to summary of changes.
Source: ISD Scotland
Ref: IR2016_02402
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish the findings of Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland's review of how homicides involving persons with a mental illness are dealt with.
Answer
In 2015, the Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, asked the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland to review how homicides, by people who are users of mental health or learning disability services, are investigated.
A final report was submitted by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland in November of this year. The report proposes building on the existing systems of review of investigations undertaken by both Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. Ministers are currently considering the report and will engage with stakeholders as part of this process.
