Chamber and committees

On 8 May 2013, I announced in Parliament the “development of a bed-management tool.” We have started to engage with key stakeholders, including the Scottish Partnership Forum, the Unscheduled Care Expert Group and the Joint Strategic Commissioning National Steering Group. Further engagement will take place over the next few months.

It is an offence under section 318 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) to make a false statement on a relevant document.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has not received any charges under this section of the Act since 2003.

COPFS does not hold information on whether the police have charged any person under section 318 of the Act and which have not been reported to COPFS.

This information is not held centrally.

This information is not held centrally.

It is expected that private providers will follow the guidance issued by the Chief Medical Officer during 2012 and are expected to provide a clinically appropriate package of care to their patients. The first port of call for all patients who have undergone breast augmentation in the private sector is their original provider.

Officials attended technical stakeholder meetings as well as update meetings and teleconferences with the Department of Health officials. Update meetings have been held on an almost monthly basis since May 2012.

This information is not held centrally.

NHS Education for Scotland have advised that there was no note taken of the discussion between the Healthcare Science Programme Manager at NHS Education for Scotland and the President of the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland.

NHSScotland boards are expected to follow workforce planning guidance as outlined in NHS CEL 32(2011). It is the responsibility of each health board to produce workforce plans on an annual basis and to take into consideration the training and development needs of their staff. Demand is based upon NHS board workforce projections for staffing groups while supply is determined by the current stock of trainees.

We are advised by the Golden Jubilee Hospital that its projection to recruit a trainee clinical perfusionist for academic year September 2014, forms part of its workforce planning arrangements, taking into account future succession planning, and potential plans to establish a national training centre or programme at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital for trainee clinical perfusionists.

I requested a meeting with the Secretary of State for Health on 15 January 2013 to discuss value based pricing and its impact on access to new medicines in Scotland. My request for a meeting was subsequently passed to Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality.