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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether the 2013 target in Commitment 11 of the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2012-2015 has been met by each NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken since the publication of the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2012-2015 to deliver faster access to psychological therapies.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have accessed NHS talking therapies in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) type of therapy, (c) gender and (d) age.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment is has made of the need for talking therapies in the NHS.
To ask the Scottish Government how many child psychotherapists the NHS has recruited in 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent meetings it has had with See Me regarding its strategic direction.
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours of therapy on average patients who are referred to talking therapies receive.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve the mental health of people aged over 65.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the 2014 target in Commitment 11 in the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2012-2015 will be met.
To ask the Scottish Government how many trainee child psychotherapists each NHS board has recruited in 2013, also broken down by local authority area.