- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for children seeking mental health treatment.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministerial portfolio has responsibility for the management of the Young Scots Fund.
Answer
The budget for the Young Scots Fund sits within the Culture and External Affairs Portfolio. The focus of the Young Scots Fund is support for emerging young talent in sport, enterprise and creativity and as such the fund will support projects in other Scottish Government Portfolios.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new cochlear implant procedures were funded in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and how many were to fit bilateral cochlear implants.
Answer
In 2009-10, 83 new cochlear implants were funded and one repeat procedure (adult). Seventy were unilateral implants (51 adults, 19 children) and 13 were bilateral implants (four adults, nine children).
In 2010-11, 84 new cochlear implants were funded and one repeat procedure (adult). 51 were unilateral implants (44 adults, seven children) and 33 were bilateral implants (two adults, 31 children).
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme is allocated per paediatric patient per annum of post-implant follow-up and whether this includes the cost of an upgrade processor every five years.
Answer
Funding for the Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme is not separately allocated for adults and children. The total funding allocated to the cochlear implantation service in 2011-12 is £4,511,569. This includes the cost of follow-up care and upgrades.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scotland-domiciled patients travel to England for cochlear implant follow-up services; how much this costs NHSScotland per patient per annum, and whether this includes the cost of an upgrade processor every five years.
Answer
Currently, there are 21 patients who are resident in Scotland who are receiving aftercare from cochlear centres in England. These centres are in Nottingham and Manchester.
The cost of follow-up care is approximately £5,500 per annum for a child with bilateral implants, £3,500 per annum per child with a unilateral implant and around £2,600 per annum for an adult with a unilateral implant. This includes the cost of replacing the processors after five years.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cochlear implant patients are using processors that are over five years old.
Answer
There are 221 patients with cochlear implants with processors that are over five years old.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS National Services Division provides a policy that sets out a minimum timescale for upgrades to cochlear implant speech processors.
Answer
The policy agreed between National Services Division and the Scottish Cochlear Implantation Programme is that processors would begin to be assessed for renewal from five years onwards and be upgraded when clinically and technically necessary.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the family of a deaf child opting to have one cochlear implant for their child can opt for a second at a later date.
Answer
The family of a deaf child opting for a single cochlear implant can request at a later date an assessment for a second implant. The clinical benefit for the individual child would then be assessed on a case by case basis by the clinician in consultation with the patient and the parent/carer.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ring-fenced funding is available to provide bilateral cochlear implants to all children who would benefit from them.
Answer
Funding is available to provide bilateral cochlear implants to all children who meet the agreed clinical criteria for cochlear implantation.
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cochlear implant programme is given ring-fenced funding for purchasing upgrade processors each year.
Answer
The total funding allocated to the cochlear implantation service in 2011-12 is £4,511,569. This includes £2,355,030 for purchasing new cochlear implants and a further £800,000 for maintenance, replacement and upgrading of processors.