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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S5W-05467

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress there has been in implementing an early glycaemic intensification strategy for people with diabetes, as outlined in its 2014 Diabetes Improvement Plan.

Our Type 1 subgroup of the Scottish Diabetes Group (SDG) has reviewed early intensification strategies and evaluated the outcomes.

A national curriculum is being developed, outlining what patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes should understand at set checkpoints. This will include lesson plans and support materials. This will link with the creation of a ‘national expectations of care’ document which will include the setting of early glycaemic targets.

Question reference: S5W-05465

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people residing in Scotland have received deep brain stimulation surgery in hospitals in (a) Dundee, (b) Edinburgh and (c) centres in England since 2011.

Question reference: S5W-05410

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many mothers in each NHS board area have received mental health support outside of their board area in each year since 2011.

Data on the number of mothers that have received mental health support outside of their board area is not held by the Scottish Government. However, the Scottish Government expect that health boards and health and social care partnerships (HSCPs) will deliver mental health care and treatment in a person-centred manner to meet each individual’s needs.

In its Perinatal Themed Visit report in 2016, the Mental Welfare Commission made 13 recommendations to improve the recognition and treatment of perinatal mental health issues. One of these, to establish a national Managed Clinical Network, was for the Scottish Government, which we have agreed to. We will therefore fund the introduction of a Managed Clinical Network (MCN) to improve the recognition and treatment of mental health problems in the perinatal period.

Question reference: S5W-05463

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many deep brain stimulation procedures have been performed at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in 2016.

Question reference: S5W-05469

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether people with diabetes are accessing structured education at 12 months post-diagnosis, as outlined in the 2014 Diabetes Improvement Plan and, if so, how this is measured.

People with diabetes access structured education through NHS Health Boards.

Our Diabetes Improvement Plan 2014 supports people with diabetes to self-manage their condition through the provision of timely information and advice. We continue to build on this work by funding a range of high quality person-centred structured education programmes delivered by appropriately trained healthcare professionals within 12 months for those diagnosed with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

We have recently introduced quarterly reporting that NHS Boards use for monitoring the timely delivery of structured education.

Question reference: S5W-05472

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the success of the Diabetes - think, check, act initiative.

The Scottish Government works closely with the Scottish Diabetes Group (SDG), our national advisory group, to oversee and drive implementation of our Diabetes Improvement Plan (2014) to improve care and treatment for people living with diabetes in Scotland. The Plan includes Inpatient Diabetes as a priority. Supporting this priority, the development of “Diabetes - Think, Check, Act” has been led by Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

The Scottish Government and SDG have followed progress closely. Monitoring of the project across pilot sites in NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has demonstrated success with a reduction in the rate of hypoglycaemia and an increase in the rate of hypoglycaemia resolution. This has led to reductions in length of stay, improved patient experience and safer care.

Based on this success, completion of the project is ongoing, with development of a toolkit which includes a range of resources, including e-learning modules for healthcare professionals, to be used to spread the initiative across Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-05409

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether the mother and baby inpatient units at (a) St John's and (b) Leverndale Hospital have had to turn people away in each year since 2011 and, if so, for what reasons.

Question reference: S5W-04749

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02033 by Aileen Campbell on 11 November 2016, how much funding it will provide to each alcohol and drug partnership in 2016-17.

Funding for alcohol and drug treatment services is directed through NHS territorial boards, who determine the final allocation to ADPs from all the funds provided to them by the Scottish Government. Health Secretary Shona Robison set out to boards at the start of this year our expectation for boards to maintain support to ADPs in 2016-17 in order to provide the same level of services delivered in 2015-16.

Question reference: S5W-05466

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place for providing long-term support to people resident in Scotland who have previously received deep brain stimulation surgery in (a) Dundee, (b) Edinburgh and (c) centres in England.

Question reference: S5W-05423

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S5W-04749, which received a holding response on 30 November 2016.