- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the mental health requirements of the carers of people with terminal illnesses.
Answer
We expect that mental health care and treatment will be delivered in a person-centred manner to meet each individual’s needs. That includes cases where the individual is a carer for someone who has a terminal illness.
On 18 December 2015, the Scottish Government published our Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care. One of the main aims in the Strategic Framework is to ensure that people with palliative and end of life care needs are supported by health professionals who are appropriately skilled to do so.
We are working with NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Social Services Council to develop a new palliative and end of life care Educational Framework. This Framework will address the needs of the health and social care workforce, and will be focused on fostering an integrated and collaborative approach to educational provision.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to establish a lipreading working group.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to improving the services, support and care available to people with hearing loss through its national strategy ‘See Hear’. A Lip Reading Strategy Group is in place and is chaired by Action on Hearing Loss Scotland. The Group will next meet on the 6 February 2017.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to each alcohol and drug partnership in each year since 2011-12.
Answer
Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) are funded through contributions from NHS Boards and local partners. NHS Boards provide funding from their general resource allocation and the specific funding allocation for ADPs provided by the Scottish Government.
For each of the financial years from 2011-12 to 2015-16, approximately £69 million per annum was made directly available to NHS Boards to allocate to ADPs. The breakdown by NHS Board for this period is provided in Table 1.
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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Ayrshire & Arran
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4,401,643
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4,401,652
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4,450,017
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4,495,964
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4,527,872
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Borders
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1,342,783
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1,342,790
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1,348,645
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1,354,207
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1,352,190
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Dumfries & Galloway
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1,986,178
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1,986,179
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1,989,092
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1,991,860
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1,983,834
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Fife
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4,271,478
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4,271,469
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4,271,475
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4,271,481
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4,258,881
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Forth Valley
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3,336,088
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3,336,087
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3,347,556
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3,358,451
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3,389,704
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Grampian
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5,734,063
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5,734,063
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5,752,649
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5,770,305
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5,788,922
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Greater Glasgow
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19,546,267
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19,546,267
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19,546,267
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18,692,642
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18,629,576
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Highland
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3,650,515
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3,650,516
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3,653,000
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3,655,361
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3,655,485
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Lanarkshire
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5,862,810
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5,862,805
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5,935,993
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6,859,148
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6,937,386
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Lothian
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11,503,005
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11,503,005
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11,510,276
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11,517,184
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11,469,681
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Orkney
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567,720
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567,720
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567,720
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567,720
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558,443
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Shetland
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604,412
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604,412
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605,426
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606,389
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600,591
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Tayside
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5,346,534
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5,346,534
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5,356,012
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5,365,016
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5,363,523
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Western Isles
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703,343
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703,343
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703,343
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703,343
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692,982
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Total Scotland
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68,856,839
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68,856,842
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69,037,471
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69,209,071
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69,209,071
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Policy responsibility for the drugs element of ADPs transferred from the Justice to Health portfolio on 1 April 2016 as part of the 2016/17 budget setting process in order to allow us to correctly address alcohol and drug misuse as a health issue.
The Cabinet Secretary for Health wrote to Chief Executives of Health Boards on
7 January 2016 clearly setting out our expectations for Boards to ensure that overall spending on supporting the treatment of alcohol and substance misuse is maintained.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S5W-02033, which received a holding response on 15 September 2016.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-02033 on 11 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: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 10 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the tweet by Mark McDonald on 15 October 2016 regarding the support that had been received for motion S5M-01537, whether this indicates that ministers have agreed to take the action referred to in the motion regarding allowing men who have sex with men to donate blood.
Answer
Men who have sex with men (MSM) can currently donate blood under certain circumstances. Men who last had oral or anal sex with another man more than 12 months ago are able to give blood if they meet the other blood donor selection criteria.
The UK Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) advises Scottish Ministers and the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) on the most appropriate ways to ensure the safety of blood for transfusion. SaBTO is currently undertaking a review of the latest scientific evidence related to donor selection criteria, including deferral criteria for MSM. It is expected to report next year. We will await SaBTO’s report and take account of any recommendations it makes before considering any changes to current donor deferral criteria.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what impact “justifiable assault” has on children.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2016
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what role falls assessments will play in tailoring care for older patients.
Answer
Falls assessments already play an important role in tailoring care for older people, across a range of settings. Work is ongoing in both hospitals and the community to ensure people at risk of falls have the opportunity for individualised treatment, support and care, based on the findings of a comprehensive falls risk assessment.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the future of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme.
Answer
Scottish Government Officials meet with officials from the Department of Health and the other Devolved Administrations on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of issues including the operation of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. The last meeting was held on Monday 12 September 2016.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to the (a) New Medicines Fund and (b) Rare Conditions Medicines Fund in each year since 2012-13.
Answer
The Scottish Government allocated £21.7million to the Rare Conditions Medicines Fund for the period 1 March 2013 to 31 March 2014, £21.5million to the New Medicines Fund for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, and £85million to the New Medicines Fund for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016, with scope for further allocations of £5 million if required.
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been supported by the (a) New Medicines Fund and (b) Rare Conditions Medicines Fund in each year since 2012-13, also broken down by the (i) average and (ii) largest contribution toward the cost of treatment.
Answer
The New Medicines Fund provides financial support to NHS boards for End of Life, Orphan and Ultra Orphan medicines which can be accessed by patients in a number of ways such as by Individual Patient Treatment Requests, Peer Approved Clinical System or appropriate medicines accepted by Scottish Medicines Consortium. The Scottish Government does not hold all of this information centrally in the format requested. However, the treatment of more than 1,000 patients has been supported through the Rare Conditions Medicines Fund and its replacement, The New Medicines Fund.
