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14 May 2024
SPBill48S062024
SP Bill 48 Session 6 (2024) 2 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill 2 Procedure for determining treatment (1) In making a treatment determination, a relevant health professional must ensure that— (a) they explain to the patient each of the treatment options listed in section 1(5) and the suitability of each to the patient’s needs, 5 (b) the patient is allowed and encouraged to participate as fully as possible in the treatment determination including by being able to give feedback, provide comments and raise concerns, (c) the patient is provided with such information and support as is necessary to enable them to participate in accordance with paragraph (b) and in relation to any related 10 processes, 1 (d) the treatment determination is made following a meeting in person between the relevant health professional and the patient, (e) the treatment determination takes into account the patient’s needs, and (f) the treatment determination is made with regard to the importance of providing 15 the optimum benefit to the patient’s health and wellbeing. (2) The patient may request one or more of the treatments listed in section 1(5) and the relevant health professional must consider the appropriateness of any such treatment requested by the patient in making the treatment determination. (3) Where the relevant health professional determines either that no treatment is appropriate 20 or that a treatment requested by the patient is not appropriate for the patient— (a) the relevant health professional must provide the patient with a written statement of reasons for that decision in a form prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in a code of practice under section 6, and (b) the patient has the right to consult another relevant health professional who must 25 make their own treatment determination following the procedure set out in subsection (1). (4) A written statement of reasons under subsection (3)(a) must include an explanation of— (a) the patient’s right to consult a second relevant health professional as provided by subsection (3)(b), and 30 (b) the procedure for consulting a second relevant health professional. (5) A relevant health professional consulted by a patient under subsection (3)(b) must make a treatment determination in accordance with this section save that subsections (3)(b) and (4) do not apply to that treatment determination. 3 Provision of treatment 35 (1) The treatment described in section 1(3) is to be made available to the patient as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than 3 weeks after the treatment determination is made. (2) A treatment described in section 1(3) may not be refused to a patient on the basis of any matter, other than an assessment by a relevant health professional of the best interests 40 of the patient, including— (a) the cost of the treatment, (b) any medical history of misuse of alcohol or other substances, 3 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (c) any criminal record involving misuse of alcohol or other substances, (d) any other matter concerning any involvement by the patient in the criminal justice system, (e) any ongoing misuse of alcohol or other substances, 5 (f) any medical history of mental illness, (g) any existing prescription for opioid replacement, or (h) the patient being in receipt of substitute prescribing services, regardless of the volume of prescription. (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations add to the matters listed in subsection (2). 10 Duties of Scottish Ministers 1 4 Duty to secure delivery (1) The Scottish Ministers must secure the delivery of the rights conferred by this Act. (2) Within 2 months of this section coming into force, the Scottish Ministers must lay draft regulations before the Parliament setting out the arrangements that are in place, or are 15 to be put in place, by the Scottish Ministers to ensure that they comply with the duty under subsection (1). (3) Draft regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision in connection with conferring functions on the following bodies— (a) a Health Board, 20 (b) a Special Health Board, (c) the Agency, (d) a local authority, (e) an integration joint board. 5 Duty to report to Parliament 25 (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish, and (b) lay before the Scottish Parliament, a report setting out progress made in the reporting period towards achieving the provision 30 of the treatments described in section 1 to patients in accordance with this Act. (2) A report prepared under subsection (1) must— (a) set out how any powers conferred by the provisions of this Act have been exercised, (b) set out the steps the Scottish Ministers have taken to meet the requirements in 35 this Act, and (c) specify in respect of each Health Board area— (i) the number of patients in the Health Board’s area, 4 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (ii) the number of patients in respect of whom a treatment determination has been made, by reference to the type of treatment specified in the treatment determination, (iii) the number of patients receiving the treatment specified in the treatment 5 determination made in respect of them, by reference to the type of treatment specified in the treatment determination, (iv) the number of patients who have made themselves available for but are not receiving the treatment specified in the treatment determination made in respect of them, by reference to the type of treatment specified in the 10 treatment determination, 1 (v) the average waiting time during the reporting period for each type of treatment specified in a treatment determination (whenever made), (vi) the longest waiting time experienced by a patient during the reporting period for each type of treatment specified in a treatment determination (whenever 15 made), (vii) the number of patients who have received a written statement of reasons under section 2(3)(a), and (viii) the number of patients who have exercised their right to consult a second relevant health professional under section 2(3)(b). 20 (3) Before preparing a report under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers— (a) must consult— (i) such persons as appear to them to represent the interests of patients, (ii) persons with lived...
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14 May 2024
Minutes of the meeting on 7 February 2023
Families Outside: Toni Groundwater, Families Outside, explained their role was to bring to life the health inequalities in Scottish Prisons by sharing the lived experience from some of the families they support.
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8 May 2024
Chamber_Minutes_20240417
David McGill Clerk of the Parliament 17 April 2024 Appendix (Note: this Appendix does not form part of the Minutes) Subordinate Legislation Affirmative Instruments The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 17 April 2024 and is subject to the affirmative procedure— Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] laid under section 96(2) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 Legislative Consent Memorandum The following memorandum was lodged on 17 April 2024— Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (LCM-S6-36b) Other Documents The following documents were laid before the Parliament on 17 April 2024 and are not subject to parliamentary procedure— Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Business Plan 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027 (SG/2024/32) laid under Schedule 3 of the Energy Act 2004 Scottish Government Response to SCoSS Scrutiny Report on Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations (2024) (SG/2024/75) laid under Section 97(9)(a) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 Scottish Government Response to SCoSS Scrutiny Report on Technical Amendments to the Short-Term Assistance (STA) Provisions in the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations (2024) (SG/2024/76) laid under Section 97(9)(a) of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 Scottish Public Services Ombudsman: Compendium of Case Reports for April 2024 (SPSO/2024/04) laid under Sections 15(1) and 15(1A) of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Published by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body All documents are available on For information on the Scottish Parliament contact the Scottish Parliament website at: Public Information on: Telephone: 0131 348 5000 or 0800 092 7500 www.parliament.scot/documents Email: [email protected] Live...
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25 April 2024
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The Scottish Government also recognises the arguments made by the Infected Blood Inquiry that compensation should be provided by a single UK-wide scheme to ensure consistency of approach regardless of where in the UK an applicant lives or where in the UK they or their relative were infected.
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18 April 2024
DecisionMaking_PermanentSecretaryToConvener_25Mar24
Our values build on the foundations of the Civil Service Code and guide how we act, the decisions we take and how we work together, across all parts of government, to improve the lives of the people of Scotland. As an example of how the Framework shapes our work, the Annual Governance Statement 2022/23 outlines our ‘Corporate Transformation: In the Service ...
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8 April 2024
PB_2023_Paper013
There have been two further developments since May: • There has been a clarification of responsibilities held by the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, the result of which is that some issues the NZET Committee raised are no longer live; and • In relation to other issues raised by the NZET Committee, the NZET and Rural Affairs, Islands an...
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3 April 2024
Minute of the meeting held on 6 December 2023
MUP is estimated to have averted significant numbers of hospital admissions and to have saved lives. Smoke-free public spaces and earlier innovations have had phenomenally positive effects.
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27 March 2024
BB20240327Rev
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.parliament.scot or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Published in Scotland by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body All documents are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: www.parliament.scot/documents For information on the Scottish Parliament contact Public Information on: Telephone: 0131 348 5000 or 0800 092 7500 Email: [email protected] Live...
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25 March 2024
Monday 25 March 2024 SSI tracker
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.parliament.scot or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Published in Scotland by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body All documents are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: www.parliament.scot/documents For information on the Scottish Parliament contact Public Information on: Telephone: 0131 348 5000 or 0800 092 7500 Email: [email protected] Live...
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25 March 2024
Monday 25 March 2023 SSI tracker
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.parliament.scot or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Published in Scotland by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body All documents are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: www.parliament.scot/documents For information on the Scottish Parliament contact Public Information on: Telephone: 0131 348 5000 or 0800 092 7500 Email: [email protected] Live...
