Chamber and committees

http://www.mwcscot.org.uk/publications/

Information on the proportion of cases of non-consensual electroconvulsive therapy where depression was cured is not available centrally.

The following table shows the data Health Protection Scotland (HPS) collated on food poisoning from 1999-2009.

Source: Health Protection Scotland,

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/publichealthact/annualdata2009.aspx

Food poisoning was not included in the list of notifiable diseases in the Public Health etc (Scotland) Act 2008, and HPS do not provide data in this format after 2009. This change was made because many symptoms could fall under the umbrella term of food poisoning without actual confirmation of being caused by food or water or having laboratory confirmation of the cause of the illness. However, HPS do collect information on laboratory confirmed pathogens which can be caused by consumption of contaminated food or water, or have other modes of transmission (e.g. environmental or person-to-person spread), and this information is provided on the HPS website, at:

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/giz/annualdatatables.aspx.

It should be noted that laboratory confirmed pathogens will only capture a small proportion of food poisoning cases each year as they require that a patient present for healthcare and that a sample is submitted.

The amounts paid out in respect of clinical negligence claims since 1999, broken down by NHS board, are as follows:

Source: NHS National Services Scotland

To protect patient anonymity, payments made by the special health boards have been grouped together for the purposes of this table.

Fluctuations in the sums paid from year to year can be affected by the number of high value settlements made in any one year. These tend to relate to birth cases where the sums paid can be substantial.

It should also be noted that the year in which a payment is made does not necessarily reflect the year in which the corresponding incident took place. This is due to the fact that many claims take several years to conclude.

Health visitors support families and act as a gateway to other services, including dentistry. The Universal Health Visiting Pathway for Scotland was published in October 2015: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/10/9697 which presents a core home visiting programme to be offered to all families by health visitors. The core home visiting programme requires health visitors to introduce the Childsmile programme, and emphasise the importance of baby’s registration.

In addition, Childsmile dental health support workers assist our most vulnerable families register and attend the dentist.

The Scottish Government has no plans to make it compulsory to register children with a dentist. We have put in place a series of arrangements, via Health visitors and Childsmile dental health support workers, to encourage the registration of children with an NHS dentist.

As at March 2016, 93.7% of children in Scotland are registered with an NHS dentist.

The Scottish Government does not hold the information requested however the Mental Welfare Commission is an independent organisation, which reports to Scottish Ministers and was set up to find out whether individual care and treatment is in line with the law and good practice.

As part of this role they produce statistics and analysis on the use of mental health and incapacity legislation. They have a statutory responsibility to monitor the use of the Mental Health Act, and their website contains statistical reports its use in 2014-15.

You can access their site using the following link:http://www.mwcscot.org.uk/publications/

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

The Mental Health Tribunal Scotland is an independent organisation which reports to Scottish Ministers and whose aim is to provide a responsive, accessible, independent and impartial service when making decisions on the compulsory care and treatment of people with mental disorders.

The Mental Health Tribunal Scotland publishes and annual report which can be accessed using the following link and contains statistics relating to its work during 2014-15:http://www.mhtscotland.gov.uk/mhts/Annual_Reports/Annual_Reports_main

The Scottish Government does not hold this information.

The Mental Health Tribunal Scotland is an independent organisation which reports to Scottish Ministers and whose aim is to provide a responsive, accessible, independent and impartial service when making decisions on the compulsory care and treatment of people with mental disorders.

The Mental Health Tribunal Scotland publishes an annual report which can be accessed using the following link and contains details on the number of tribunals held during 2014-15:

http://www.mhtscotland.gov.uk/mhts/Annual_Reports/Annual_Reports_main