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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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Question reference: S5W-14278

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to work with (a) patient groups and (b) the health sector to establish which managed access schemes and conditional acceptance options will be of greatest benefit.

Since publication of the Montgomery Review of Access to New Medicines, we have been working closely with relevant partners, stakeholders, patient representatives, the third sector and the pharmaceutical industry to consider the most appropriate and effective way to take forward the recommendations.

I wrote to the Health and Sport Committee on 16 November to provide an update on the Scottish Government’s progress on implementing the recommendations of the Montgomery Review. I will provide a further update to the Committee in the Spring.

Question reference: S5W-14094

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 7 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11463 by Maureen Watt on 5 October 2017, whether it will provided an update on when the review will be published.

Question reference: S5W-14099

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many delayed discharge patients are waiting for guardianship to be provided, broken down by NHS board.

Information on the number of patients delayed due to procedures under the Adults with Incapacity Act (awaiting Guardianship) are available in the monthly Delayed Discharge census published by NHS information Services Division. The publications are available here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Health-and-Social-Community-Care/Delayed-Discharges/Previous-Publications/, and the December data will be published on 6 February 2018.

Question reference: S5W-14085

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist positions in the NHS have not been filled in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-14083

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether all stomach or gastro patients presenting at A&E departments are included in A&E waiting times statistics.

Question reference: S5W-14089

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent on (a) agency and (b) bank staff in each year since 1999.

Agency spend figures for each NHS Board are only available from 2006-7 to 2016-17 and are given in the following table. Information on NHS Board spend on bank staff is not held centrally.

Agency Spend by NHS Board (in £’000)

2016-17

2015-16

2014-15

2013-14

2012-13

2011-12

2010-11

2009-10

2008-9

2007-8

2006-7

Ayrshire & Arran	13,609	10,148	5,889	6,234	4,288	4,474	5,052	6,015	5,551	6,395
Borders	5,067	3,708	2,977	4,045	2,075	1,501	1,572	1,559	1,394	1,455

6,637

1,358

Dumfries & Galloway	10,686	9,907	8,465	5,691	4,965	4,012	4,034	4,034	2,314	3,105	2,523
Fife	7,275	9,112	8,336	4,924	4,236	3,146	3,064	3,617	3,442	3,830	4,355
Forth Valley	4,779	5,732	5,286	5,179	3,780	3,416	2,360	2,582	3,141	7,386	7,619
Grampian	23,132	19,009	10,697	7,321	4,477	3,805	3,898	1,367	2,390	2,170	2,464
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	28,836	30,841	22,605	17,419	14,357	11,502	14,187	23,007	22,687	22,390	19,729
Highland	16,393	15,509	9,859	9,593	5,275	3,669	4,591	6,003	5,123	7,712	7,284
Lanark	14,952	16,128	8,540	6,491	5,864	4,541	4,635	6,048	5,867	4,355	3,843
Lothian	19,141	26,743	25,700	26,679	25,545	22,539	20,325	18,582	16,878	13,794	17,588
Orkney	2,253	1,302	762	1,375	1,060	460	541	507	467	312	731
Shetland	2,407	1,925	2,092	1,649	1,128	1,340	1,477	1,554	958	1,007	1,351
Tayside	9,001	9,716	7,064	4,197	3,078	2,896	3,144	3,464	3,693	3,674	4,246
Western Isles	2,702	2,334	1,799	1,641	1,909	1,434	864	1,138	1,331	1,116	902
National Services Scotland	4,439	5,445	5,531	3,878	2,565	3,197	5,903	8,656	8,051	8,992	2,684
Scottish Ambulance Service	59	101	-	500	517	242	255	348	339	278	244
NHS Education Scotland	2,654	2,135	1,855	2,034	1,541	1,162	1,066	1,414	1,907	1,255	1,039
NHS24	927	1,120	584	1,126	476	624	462	820	279	975	1,362
National Waiting Times Centre Board	2,363	2,867	3,096	2,530	2,451	3,009	3,594	5,150	6,152	7,008	7,737
State Hospital	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	40	255	101	89
Health Scotland	416	277	425	235	177	131	232	646	850	557	402
Health Information Scotland	289	180	222	201	275	129	165	336	413	624	511
TOTAL	171,380	174,239	131,784	112,942	90,039	77,229	81,426	96,887	93,482	98,491	94,698

Question reference: S5W-14105

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the diversity of people working in executive roles in the NHS.

The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland actively promotes the participation of traditionally underrepresented groups within the NHS workforce; this is underpinned by fair and inclusive recruitment policies, supported by a clear and unequivocal Staff Governance Standard.

The Race Equality Framework and the Disability Delivery Plan set out specific actions through which we are pursuing an explicit goal that Scotland’s health and social care workforce better reflects the diversity of Scotland’s communities. Equally, we have established a national partnership with Stonewall Scotland, through which all NHS Boards are encouraged to participate in the Workplace Equality Index. Through the partnership, NHS Scotland has founding partner status on the ‘Proud Employers’ Website, accordingly NHS boards can actively promote both board and executive level appointments.

Question reference: S5W-14093

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients from each NHS board area have been treated in other parts of the UK in each year since 1999.

The following tables shows the number of people from Scotland who have received treatment in hospitals in other parts of the UK in each year since 1999. The data across the UK is not directly comparable due to differences in data definitions.

Information is provided in the following table on the number of finished admission episodes for patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in England since 1999.

Year	Finished Admission Episodes
1999-2000	5,427
2000-2001	5,804
2001-2002	5,628
2002-2003	5,851
2003-2004	6,548
2004-2005	6,998
2005-2006	7,378
2006-2007	7,518
2007-2008	7,371
2008-2009	7,326
2009-2010	7,671
2010-2011	7,811
2011-2012	7,574
2012-2013	7,449
2013-2014	7,201
2014-2015	7,020
2015-2016	6,578
2016-2017	6,564

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital (England)

Information is provided in the following table on the number of patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in Wales since 1999.

Year	Patients
1999-2000	145
2000-2001	164
2001-2002	146
2002-2003	171
2003-2004	152
2004-2005	132
2005-2006	140
2006-2007	164
2007-2008	155
2008-2009	140
2009-2010	120
2010-2011	109
2011-2012	150
2012-2013	132
2013-2014	131
2014-2015	105
2015-2016	109
2016-2017	84

Source: Patient Episode Database Wales (PEDW), NHS Wales Informatics Service

Information is provided in the following table on the number of patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in Northern Ireland since 1999.

Year	Number of Patients
1999	127
2000	95
2001	95
2002	110
2003	87
2004	104
2005	100
2006	83
2007	98
2008	118
2009	99
2010	80
2011	75
2012	87
2013	95
2014	102
2015	115
2016	140

Source: Hospital Inpatient System, Northern Ireland Health Department

Question reference: S5W-14048

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00689 by Shona Robison on 23 February 2017, (Official Report, c. 1), whether it has received the business case from NHS Lothian and, if not, by what date it will be submitted.

Question reference: S5W-14072

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to roll out human papilloma virus (HPV) primary screening, and what discussions it has had with (a) NHS boards, (b) charities and (c) other stakeholders regarding this.

Implementation of HPV primary screening is underway and is expected to be introduced to the Scottish Cervical Screening Programme during 2019-20.

The Full Business Case (FBC) for the introduction of HPV primary screening was developed in consultation with a range key stakeholders including experts and professionals from across the Cervical Screening Programme. The FBC was also shared and approved by NHS Board Chief Executives and the Scottish Screening Committee

Stakeholders, including NHS Boards and charities, are represented on a number of working groups supporting implementation.