Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-00460 on 16 June 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

NHS capital projects in development (with a capital value over £5 million) are listed below along with the expected cost and estimated completion date. The various projects have been grouped into public capital, non-profit distribution (NPD) and revenue financed hub investments. In addition to these capital projects, NHS boards will undertake further capital investments which are within their delegated limits and do not need Scottish Government approval.

Public Capital:

NHS Ayrshire and Arran – Building for Better Care (£28 million), completion expected 2017

NHS Grampian – Baird Family Hospital and Anchor Centre (£120 million), Timescales TBC

NHS Highland - Raigmore Critical Care and Theatres (£29 million), completion expected 2019

NHS Lanarkshire - Monklands Hospital Theatres and ICU (£20 million), completion expected 2018

NHS Western Isles - St Brendans Hospital (circa £9 million), Timescales TBC

Scottish Ambulance Service - Fleet Replacement for period 2016/2021 (circa £80 million), ongoing

NHS Scotland – Elective centres (circa £200 million), timescales TBC

NPD

NHS Ayrshire and Arran - Acute Mental Health & North Ayrshire Community Hospital (£55 million), completion expected 2016

NHS Dumfries and Galloway - Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary (£274 million), completion expected 2018

NHS Lothian - Royal Hospital for Sick Children / Department of Clinical Neurosciences (£230 million), completion expected 2017

NHS Orkney - New Balfour Hospital (£67 million), completion expected 2018

National Services Scotland - Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service National Centre (£38 million), completion expected 2017

Revenue-financed Hub projects

NHS Forth Valley – Stirling Care Village (circa £35 million), completion TBC.

NHS Grampian - Inverurie Health and Care Hub (£14 million), completion expected 2018

NHS Grampian - Foresterhill Campus - Foresterhill Health Centre (£8 million), completion expected 2018

NHS Grampian - Primary Healthcare Priorities in Grampian (£19 million), completion TBC

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Maryhill and Eastwood Health Centres (£25 million), completion expected 2016

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Gorbals and Woodside Health Centres (circa £33 million), completion expected 2017

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Inverclyde Continuing Care for Adults and Older People (£8.5 million), completion expected 2017

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Clydebank and Greenock Health Centres (circa £38 million), completion expected 2019

NHS Highland - Community Hospitals for Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross and Badenoch and Strathspey (circa £30 million), timescales TBC

NHS Lothian – Partnership Centres – Blackburn, NW Edinburgh, Firhill (circa £25 million), completion expected 2018

NHS Lothian – East Lothian Community Hospital (circa £65 million), completion expected 2020

NHS Lothian - Royal Edinburgh Campus Redevelopment (Phase 1 £49 million, further phases circa £120 million), Phase 1 expected completion 2016, further phases TBC

NHS Tayside - NHS Scotland Pharmaceuticals Specials Service (£26 million), timescales TBC

NHS Tayside - Dundee Community Care (circa £20 million), timescales TBC

The Scottish Government recognise that the health and sport committee considered NHS targets, as part of their work around the scrutiny of NHS board budgets, during the last parliamentary session.

In developing a review of NHS targets, the Scottish Government is currently considering the membership of the NHS review of targets expert group. The review will consider whether the targets for the NHS in Scotland support improved outcomes for patients; are consistent with and support our strategic priorities; and are an efficient use of resources.

The expert group will report to ministers and the Scottish Government will publish the report this financial year 2016-17. We will engage with the health and sport committee and political parties as part of the review.

The number of monthly attendances at each A&E unit in Scotland is published by Information Services Division Scotland and can be found at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Emergency-Care/Publications/data-tables.asp

The following table shows the number of people that have attended the emergency department at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was opened on 2 May 2015 and therefore the latest available information between 2 May 2015 and 30 April 2016 has been provided.

Number of A&E attendances at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital between 2 May 2015 and 30 April 2016. Figures are broken down by postal area and month of attendance.

Source: A&E Datamart, ISD Scotland

The number of monthly attendances at each A&E unit in Scotland is published by Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland and can be found at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Emergency-Care/Publications/data-tables.asp

The following table shows the number of people that have attended the emergency department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The figures in the table provide the latest available information between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016.

Number of A&E attendances at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016. Figures are broken down by postal area and month of attendance.

Source: A&E Datamart, ISD Scotland

The following table shows the number of people that have attended the Emergency Department at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The figures in the table provide the latest available information between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016.

Number of A&E attendances at the Royal Alexandra Hospital between 1 May 2014 and 30 April 2016. Figures are broken down by postal area and month of attendance.

Source: A&E Datamart, ISD Scotland

As at 30 September 2015 there were 2,035.3 whole time equivalent (WTE) clinical nurse specialists in NHSScotland – an increase of 689.1 WTE, or 51.2 per cent under this government*.

In 2015-16 this government invested over £2.4 million of recurring funding to enhance access to specialist nursing and care, including the appointment of additional specialist nurses in NHS boards.

*(Source: 2006 ISD(M)50, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland; 2015 Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS); ISD Scotland)

The Scottish Government does not directly fund any drug rehabilitation programmes.

Since 2009, the Scottish Government has provided funding towards Scotland's 30 alcohol and drug partnerships (ADPs), embedded within existing community planning structures. ADPs have clear responsibility for developing local strategies and to make sure there is access to a range of appropriate treatment services to promote recovery according to local need and in line with the evidence base for effective treatment provision. £30.4 million was provided to NHS boards for frontline drug treatment services and support in 2015-16.

The following table provides a breakdown of the range of different treatment options offered across health boards between April 2014 and March 2015:

*Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure and to help maintain client confidentiality.

Data source: Information Services Division Scotland (ISD) Management Information – drug and alcohol waiting times treatment tables provided by ISD on 15 June 2016 – note that these figures were extracted from the database more recently than the latest published statistics available.

In October 2015, information services division Scotland published analysis of individuals on methadone based on those prescriptions with a valid community health index (CHI) number. This analysis was published on the ScotPHO website, and can be accessed here, with the caveat that due to sub-optimal CHI capture rates, the estimates should be regarded as a minimum count of individuals on methadone hydrochloride in Scotland. The results of this analysis were:

In 2014-15, methadone 1mg/ml solution was prescribed at least once to 25,170 individuals (based on prescriptions with a valid CHI).

The number of individuals prescribed methadone 1mg/ml solution appears to have reduced from 26,202 individuals in 2011-12.

In 2014-15, 117,578 (or 27%) of prescriptions did not have a valid CHI number. It is not possible to determine how many additional individuals prescribed methadone 1mg/ml solution would have been identified had these data been complete.

Scotland does not have a methadone programme. Substitute prescribing, including methadone, is one component in a package of care, treatment and recovery that can be offered to individuals to help them recover from drug addiction. Decisions on the type of treatment to prescribe are for clinicians, in discussion with their clients.

The specific costs relating to the prescribing of methadone, including ingredient costs and supervision costs, broken down by NHS board and covering the requested years, are published regularly on the ScotPHO website and can be accessed here: http://www.scotpho.org/downloads/drugs/Drugs-prescribing-2014-2015.xls%20, table three provides the specific information requested.

The Scottish Government does not directly fund any drug-related abstinence programmes.