Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government does not hold data on the number of endoscopies performed each year. Data is available from ISD on the number of patients waiting for endoscopy and can be accessed via this link: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Diagnostics/ .

Private Sector spend by procedure is not held centrally.

Over the past five years Registered Social Landlords have received the following assistance from Scottish Government to provide adaptations for their tenants:

The Scottish Government’s Chief Medical Officer met with cystic fibrosis clinicians on 27 November to talk them through the PACS Tier Two process and to reaffirm that the cost of medicines should not be a decision-making criterion. We continue to strongly encourage clinicians to make use of this system if they judge a medicine, such as Orkambi, to be appropriate for their individual patient’s needs.

Recording of missed outpatient appointments only began from 2008 onwards. Please see the following table:

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally. Mr Briggs can request this information from individual Health Boards.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-15534 on 25 April 2018. 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 data has not been updated since this response.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-19618 on 2 November 2018. 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 issue guidance that explicitly states how NHS boards should collect and use data regarding the sex and gender identity of people.

Health Boards are subject to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (as amended), which underpin the public sector equality duty (PSED) set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010.

Responsibility for oversight of compliance with the 2010 Act, including compliance with the 2012 Regulations, rests with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which has issued guidance on how the Regulations should be applied in practice.

The definitions used for collecting data on 'sex' from people who attend hospital is defined in the ISD data catalogue, available at this link. http://www.ndc.scot.nhs.uk/Dictionary-A-Z/Definitions/index.asp?Search=S&ID=1000&Title=Sex

A full review of the IT development and security requirements of the Drug and Alcohol Information System, to ensure compliance with the IT specification, will be completed by National Services Scotland (NSS) in December 2018. Following this, the Information Services Division (ISD) in NSS will set out a timetable for implementation in January 2019. It is anticipated that the system will be fully operational in 2019.

Information on the number of individuals admitted to general acute hospitals following an opioid overdose is provided in Table 1.

Table 1: Number of people 1 admitted to general acute hospitals in Scotland 2 following an opioid overdose 3 ; calendar years 4 1999 – 2017.