- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of treatment outwith the 18-week target period NHS Forth Valley did not record as a breach of the waiting times guarantee.
Answer
The internal audits on the management of waiting times at Forth Valley published on 20 December 2012 stated that it found no instances of inappropriate behaviour or pressure on staff to hide breached or manipulate data. Overall, patient records reviewed were accurate; however, improvements were identified surrounding some aspects of system operation and control, particularly in relation to the usage of different patient administrations systems for in-patients and out-patients.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has advised NHS Forth Valley to amend how it records periods of social unavailability and, if so, when and for what reason.
Answer
No, the Scottish Government has not advised NHS Forth Valley to amend how it recorded periods of social unavailability.
All NHS boards were advised last year through new guidance that as of 1 October 2012 ‘social unavailability’ was being scrapped and replaced with “patient advised unavailability”, bringing the system into line with the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act. It is for boards to ensure they apply Scottish Government guidance accurately.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what explanation NHS Forth Valley has provided for the level of social unavailability used in its management of waiting times.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-12454 on 5 February 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what level of social unavailability each NHS board recorded in (a) June 2011, (b) June 2012 and (c) December 2012.
Answer
The information on the number of patients with a period of social unavailability on 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2012 (latest available published data) by NHS Board is provided in the following table. Official waiting times statistics for 31 December 2012 is due to be published by ISD Scotland on 26 February 2013.
Monthly Social Unavailability as at Census date
NHS Board | June 2011 | June 2012 |
Ayrshire and Arran | 703 | 775 |
Borders | 308 | 236 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 493 | 321 |
Fife | 543 | 402 |
Forth Valley | 1,915 | 511 |
Grampian | 7,128 | 6,949 |
Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 12,244 | 5,492 |
Highland | 814 | 761 |
Lanarkshire | 2,148 | 1,466 |
Lothian | 12,585 | 1,790 |
Orkney | 82 | 52 |
Shetland | 275 | 109 |
Tayside | 2,175 | 1,652 |
Western Isles | 74 | 58 |
GJNH | 148 | 81 |
Scotland | 42,149 | 20,883 |
Source: ISD Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government where the residential pain service referred to by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in a report in the Daily Express on 21 January 2013 will be located.
Answer
NHS National Services Scotland is currently assessing options for the most appropriate service model for Scotland. This work is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2013.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the residential pain service referred to by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in a report in the Daily Express on 21 January 2013 will commence.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that people living with chronic pain can access high quality, safe and effective treatment as close to home as possible. The National Chronic Pain Steering Group is overseeing a range of work to assist boards in improving access to chronic pain services.
For a small proportion of people more specialised treatment may be required. NHS National Services Scotland is currently assessing options for the most appropriate service model for Scotland. This work is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2013.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether each local authority will use a single common assessment for self-directed support.
Answer
Local authorities will assess people for self-directed support under Section 12A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. In discharging their duties local authorities are expected to have regard to statutory guidance. Further guidance on self-directed support will be issued under section 5 of the 1968 Act.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government by which date self-directed support will be fully implemented in each local authority.
Answer
The commencement date for the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 has yet to be decided by Scottish Ministers. In setting a date ministers will take into consideration the view of the SDS Programme board, who will make a recommendation after their next meeting on 18 February 2013.
After the powers and duties of the Act come into force, local authorities will continue to implement the National Strategy on Self-directed Support.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the Parliament was informed, and by what means, of the establishment of a residential pain service, as reported in the Daily Express on 21 January 2013.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that people living with chronic pain can access high quality, safe and effective treatment as close to home as possible. The National Chronic Pain Steering Group is overseeing a range of work to assist boards in improving access to chronic pain services.
For a small proportion of people more specialised treatment may be required. National Services Scotland is currently assessing options for the most appropriate service model for Scotland. They expect to complete this work by the end of summer 2013, following which we will then be in a position to formally update Parliament and relevant stakeholders of the outcome.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been given to each local authority to assist with the implementation of self-directed support, and what proportion of this is transitional funding for services.
Answer
Each local authority has been given an allocation of funding as part of a three year programme to support transformation in adult social care and children’s services for self-directed support. The following table details the amounts allocated to each local authority for transformation funding 2012 to 2015.
The Scottish Government has not been prescriptive in setting the proportion of transformation funding that should be spent on transitional or “bridging” costs and this will vary between local authorities.
Local Authority | 2012-13 * | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Aberdeen City | £251,440 | £426,000 | £225,560 |
Aberdeenshire | £259,360 | £445,740 | £236,560 |
Angus | £176,640 | £268,080 | £152,520 |
Argyll and Bute | £161,680 | £235,180 | £136,680 |
Clackmannanshire | £113,280 | £131,780 | £88,720 |
Dumfries and Galloway | £219,760 | £359,260 | £195,640 |
Dundee City | £212,720 | £343,280 | £186,840 |
East Ayrshire | £177,960 | £269,960 | £152,520 |
East Dunbartonshire | £155,520 | £222,020 | £130,960 |
East Lothian | £155,080 | £222,020 | £130,960 |
East Renfrewshire | £146,720 | £204,160 | £122,160 |
Edinburgh, City of | £477,160 | £909,160 | £452,160 |
Eilean Siar | £100,960 | £104,520 | £75,520 |
Falkirk | £195,560 | £307,560 | £170,560 |
Fife | £383,880 | £710,820 | £360,200 |
Glasgow City | £604,760 | £1,168,600 | £567,440 |
Highland | £258,920 | £446,680 | £237,000 |
Inverclyde | £151,120 | £211,680 | £125,240 |
Midlothian | £140,120 | £190,060 | £115,560 |
Moray | £148,480 | £207,920 | £123,920 |
North Ayrshire | £194,680 | £305,680 | £169,240 |
North Lanarkshire | £324,480 | £583,920 | £299,920 |
Orkney Islands | £91,280 | £84,780 | £66,280 |
Perth and Kinross | £211,840 | £344,220 | £188,600 |
Renfrewshire | £214,480 | £347,980 | £189,480 |
Scottish Borders | £175,760 | £265,260 | £150,760 |
Shetland Islands | £92,600 | £87,600 | £68,040 |
South Ayrshire | £185,880 | £286,880 | £160,880 |
South Lanarkshire | £329,760 | £596,140 | £306,520 |
Stirling | £146,720 | £204,160 | £122,160 |
West Dunbartonshire | £154,200 | £217,320 | £127,440 |
West Lothian | £186,320 | £290,640 | £163,960 |
*This includes £25,000 awarded to each local authority, specifically to enable children’s services teams to engage in SDS implementation.