Chamber and committees

Tables on the numbers of GPs in post and registered patients from 2004 onwards have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre - Bib reference number 60497. Statistics prior to 2004 are not comparable due to the GMS contract and data methodology in place at the time.

The review included engagement with key stakeholders including the Patient Advice and Support Service, Scottish Human Rights Commission, Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance and Mental Welfare Commission, and with around 2,500 individuals and groups across Scotland through the Scottish Health Council’s area office network.

An analysis of responses highlighted that the Charter should be revised to include changes in legislation and the publication of new standards since its publication. The review also highlighted that the revised Charter should be effectively promoted so that people are better informed about their rights and responsibilities in relation to health care and health services. As a result the Ministers agreed that the Charter should be revised.

Scottish Government officials have subsequently consulted key stakeholders on the revision of the Charter and are now fact-checking the content and working with NHS Inform to prepare effective promotion of the Charter. Further engagement with external stakeholders and service users to seek their views on the revised document is planned in April and May.

The Scottish Government has not held any meetings with health and social care organisations to discuss the specific matter of Workplace Parking Levies.

The Workplace Parking Levy will be a discretionary power for local authorities to implement, should they wish to do so, within the provisions set by the Transport (Scotland) Bill and any subsequent Regulations. The detail on the framework for how such levies will operate, including further exemptions, will the subject of consideration at Stage Two of the Transport (Scotland) Bill.

The number of Scottish domiciled enrolments at Scottish Higher Education Institutions studying various health professional courses in 2017-18 is as follows.

Scottish domiciled enrolments at Scottish HEIs, 2017-18

Further to the answer provided to question S5W-19321, the collated information is undergoing quality assurance checks. We anticipate that the National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain (NACCP) will consider the draft findings at its next meeting on 18 March and information will then be published alongside minutes of its meeting in due course. The information disclosed will be in accordance with the data protection laws. Where practitioner groups at NHS Board or national level refer to fewer than 10 individuals this will not be disclosed, as it is considered not sufficiently anonymised by the Office of National Statistics and will be treated as if it is personal data.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-21594 on 6 March 2019. 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 .

The Scottish Government does not hold a breakdown of information on how many people have been referred to residential rehabilitation projects for alcohol and drug addiction since 1999, how much these referrals cost, or the average waiting time information by NHS Board. Service decisions are made by each local area and it would be for individual Health Boards or Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) to provide a complete breakdown of this information.

The Scottish Government will lay an updated version of the Charter before Parliament once the current revision is complete. This work is expected to be completed by Summer 2019. Plans for the publication and effective promotion of the Charter are being developed with NHS Inform meantime.

Data detailing spending on additional support for learning is collected
from local authorities via the Local Financial Returns (LFR).

Data from 2017-18 is provided in the following tables.

As highlighted in the answer to questions S5W-08627 on 24 April 2017
and S5W-08983 on 8 May 2017, there are issues around the quality of
this data. This means that accurate comparisons between local authorities
and between years cannot be made. A lack of consistency in how local
authorities have broken down the information to primary, secondary and
special categories means that this data does not consistently represent
the levels of spending in different categories of schools in local authorities.

We recognise the challenge facing authorities and that decisions about
prioritisation and budgets, including those for the provision of services for
pupils with additional support needs, are a matter for individual councils,
balancing their need to meet a wide range of statutory duties, local priorities
and local circumstances.

Table 1 shows gross revenue expenditure on additional support for learning
education from 2017-18 split by Pre Primary, Primary, Secondary and Special Education.

Table 1