Chamber and committees

Information on the number of people who have been referred to private weight management programmes in each NHS board area in each year since 2007 is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government and NHSScotland are fully committed to ensuring that the values of equality and diversity are respected by, and reflected in, our policies and practice. We work with a number of organisations to support health boards to embed the principles articulated in our national Partnership Information Network (PIN) policy: “Embracing Equality, Diversity and Human Rights in NHSScotland”, accessible at: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0044/00441232.pdf .

The PIN policy includes specific provisions outlining the content of mandatory diversity training for all NHS Scotland employees. Additionally, through our national partnership with Stonewall Scotland, and through our membership of the Business Disability Forum, health boards can access consultative advice and support in order to promote best practice in the delivery of local equality training.

NHS Scotland health boards, as employers, are responsible for the delivery and monitoring of equality training provided to employees. Our national Partnership Information Network (PIN) policy: “Embracing Equality, Diversity and Human Rights in NHSScotland, accessible at: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0044/00441232.pdf explicitly requires that all staff are provided with equality training and outlines a number of the common and core principles that should inform the content of that training. The PIN policy further includes specific guidance on monitoring the impact of local activity against health boards’ legislative responsibilities flowing from the Public Sector Equality Duty.

To ensure that local equality training is relevant and effective, health board human resources and equality leads are required to develop and deliver training in partnership with professional organisation representatives, trade unions and staff. Boards are also able to consult with the professional organisations with which we retain national membership/partnership arrangements, including Stonewall Scotland and the Business Disability Forum.

This is a matter for the Health Boards. This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

The specific information requested is not available centrally. Cancelled operations data has only been available centrally from May 2015 and provides the number of operations cancelled on the day before of the day of surgery. Information is also available on the number of operations cancelled due capacity or non-clinical reason, but does not specifically identify the many cause of the cancellation such as due to lack of sterile equipment. Cancelled operations information can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Publications/index.asp?#2197

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of horse racing to rural economies and communities and has a good relationship and holds regular meetings with Scottish Racing to examine ways to expand its reach and impact. Scottish Racing’s annual review assess the economic impact of the sector and detailed that racing in Scotland generated £302 million of revenues and sustained 3,430 jobs in 2016.

Visit Scotland works closely with Scottish Racing to promote Scottish race courses and their events with free business listings via VisitScotland.com. Visit Scotland also produced a blog in conjunction with Scottish Racing that has featured prominently on the Visit Scotland website since its publication in June. The blog promotes Scottish Racing as a great family day out.

Previous reductions in recommended nursing and midwifery student intakes reflected the reduced projected demand by NHS Boards and other stakeholders and over supply of newly qualified staff at that time.

Total numbers of nurses and midwives in training have increased again following six successive increases in intakes, including the recommended increase of 10.8% for 2018/19 academic year. The number of qualified Nurses & Midwives is up by 6.9%, or 2,823.5 whole time equivalents, under this Government. There are more qualified nurses and midwives per 1,000 population – 8.1 WTE in Scotland (March 2018) compared to 5.6 WTE in England (February 2018).

Workforce data for whole time and part time staff employed by NHSScotland is available for each September until 2010, and then quarterly from March 2011 onwards.

Whole and Part-time breakdown (by Whole Time Equivalent or Headcount) can be found in the Gender and contract type tab in the following tables and dashboard:

• Data from 30 September 2007 to 30 September 2010 can be found at http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables.asp#857
• Data from 30 September 2010 to 31 December 2012 can be found at http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables2017.asp?id=2169#2169
• Data from 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2018 can be found at http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2018-06-05/Overall.asp

Further information on the statistics, including information on how the data are collected and notes to aid interpretation, is given in the 'FAQs' section of the Workforce Statistics website at http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce/

Excessive drinking over a period of years may lead to a condition known as alcohol-related brain damage. This condition can cause problems with memory, learning and other cognitive skills. The Scottish Government provides funding to NHS Boards to work with Integration Authorities to provide services that meet the health needs of the local population, including people with alcohol-related brain injury. We expect alcohol services, mental health services and social services to work jointly and in a holistic way, so that people with alcohol-related brain injury receive the help they need to recover and any underlying mental health issues are addressed.

In financial year 2016-17 there were 661 Scottish residents who had at least one admission to a general acute hospital with a diagnosis of alcohol-related brain damage. See following table for breakdown of numbers at NHS Board level across financial years 2007-08 to 2016-17.

Table: Number of people with at least one hospital admission with diagnosis of alcohol-related brain damage;

2007-08 - 2016-17

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.