Chamber and committees

Amending Regulations were made to the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 today.

These Regulations move Moray to Level 2 from Saturday, 22 May. The Regulations also add the areas of Bedford Borough Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council to the list of places in which the Common Travel Area travel restrictions apply from Monday, 24 May.

The Regulations have been published at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/211/made .

Scottish domiciled students receive a non-means tested, non-repayable nursing and midwifery student bursary of £10,000 per year to eligible students. Eligible students may also be entitled to additional allowances for dependents, single parents and childcare costs and Eligible undergraduate students also receive free tuition.

From September 2020 students undertaking a nursing and midwifery course in England will receive a non-means tested, non-repayable bursary of £5,000 a year, in addition to the existing mainstream student loan support. Additional funding is also available for childcare and to support regional vulnerabilities which could add an additional £3,000 per year for some students. Nursing and midwifery students will continue to pay tuition fees of £9,250 per year.

Welsh domiciled students who commit to working in Wales for two years after graduation are eligible for an NHS bursary which covers the cost of tuition fees, a non-means tested, non-repayable annual bursary of £1,000 and a means-tested bursary up to £2,207 if a student is living in their parental home and up to £2,643 if living elsewhere.

For Northern Irish domiciled students, financial support covers tuition fees and a non-means tested and non-repayable annual bursary of £5,165.04 per year. This bursary is supplemented by a means-tested dependants allowance based on individual circumstances.

Health and Social Care Analysis: Workforce, Pay and Resources: As at 31 December 2020:

(i) There were 148,636.7 WTE staff employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 21,574.8 WTE (17.0%) from 127,061.9 WTE in September 2006.

(ii) There were 45,896 WTE Qualified Nurses & Midwives (including Interns) employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 4,870.5 WTE (11.9%) from 41,026.2 WTE in September 2006.

(iii) There were 5,728.4 WTE Medical & Dental consultants (including director-level consultants) employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 2,091.9 WTE (57.5%) from 3,636.5 WTE in September 2006.

(iv) There were 1,069.0 WTE staff working in CAMHS services and employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 415.3 WTE (63.5%) from 653.7 WTE in September 2006.

(v) - There were 1,282.1 WTE clinical staff within Psychology Services. This is an increase of 647.7 WTE (102.1%) from 634.4 in September 2006.

- There were 1,157.1 WTE doctors working in Psychiatric specialties. This is an increase of 140.7 (13.8%) from 1,016.4 WTE in September 2006.

- There were 9,615.4 mental health nurses. This is an increase of 2,369.7 WTE (32.7%) from 7,425.8 WTE in September 2007. This information is not available prior to September 2007.

In addition, under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy, as at 1 January 2021, an additional 560 WTE mental health workers have been recruited to work in key settings such as Accident and Emergency departments, GP practices, police station custody suites and prisons. 129 mental health workers have also been recruited through the Primary Care Improvement Fund.

Data sources:

The most recently published NHS workforce statistics are available here:

https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/workforce-official-statistics/nhsscotland-workforce/publications/02-march-2021/

The most recently published NHS CAMHS workforce statistics are available here:

https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/workforce-official-statistics/camhs/publications/02-march-2021/

The most recently published NHS Psychology Services workforce statistics are available here:

https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/workforce-official-statistics/psychology/publications/02-march-2021/

Information on the progress of mental health worker recruitment under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 can be found here:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-workers-quarterly-performance-reports/.

It is not possible to provide an answer to the question as presented.  The numbers of items dispensed in Scotland for BNF chapters 2 - cardiovascular system and 3 - respiratory system for 2019-20 will take in a range of drugs not related to the conditions in question, similarly these may not take in all relevant medicines for these conditions.

The 2021-22 Scottish Budget takes our total health portfolio funding in excess of £16 billion. For resource funding this represents an increase of £1.8 billion in real terms since 2016-17 – more than tripling the commitment to increase health funding by £500 million more than inflation.

There are more GPs per 100,000 population in Scotland than the rest of the UK, with 94 for every 100,000 people (Sept-20), compared with 76 per 100,000 people in England (Dec-20), 71 in Wales (June-20) and 72 in Northern Ireland (Mar-20).

The table showing the number of homes for social rent, other affordable rent and affordable home ownership delivered from April 2007 to end September 2020 by local authority area has been placed in SPICe under BIB number 62269.

The next set of quarterly affordable housing statistics (October to December 2020) are due to be published on 23 March 2021 as part of the Housing Statistics Quarterly Update.

The table showing (a) the number of council homes delivered from April 2009 to end September 2020 by local authority area, has been placed in SPICe under BIB number 62289.

The current council house delivery programme did not begin until 2009-10. Published figures relating to council house delivery between 2007-08 and 2008-09 indicate that 364 new build council homes were completed. However, these homes did not receive funding from the Scottish Government. Specific local authority area, detail regarding these homes, can be found in the table Local Authority Starts and Completions under the following link:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-for-scotland-new-house-building/

The vast majority of the council homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme from 2009 are for social rent, with 32 delivered for shared equity over that period.

The table showing (b) the number of housing association homes delivered since April 2007 to end September 2020 by local authority area, has been placed in SPICe under BIB number 62289.

Housing Association homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme include homes for; social rent, shared equity and mid-market rent.

The next set of quarterly affordable housing statistics (October to December 2020) are due to be published on the 23rd of March 2021 as part of the Housing Statistics Quarterly Update.

Official statistics on the delivery of affordable homes can be found at:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-quarterly-update/

The following is a link to the Affordable Housing excel tables:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-for-scotland-new-house-building/

The following table shows the number of affordable homes delivered in each year and a comparison of affordable homes delivered for Scotland, England and Wales as a rate per 10,000 population. Numbers of homes include new build, off the shelf purchases and rehabilitations.

NHS Lothian have now received the final validation reports for the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People remedial works and they are all satisfactory.

I am therefore pleased to confirm that NHS Lothian will proceed with the migration of outpatients in the week commencing 22 March, this migration plan has been designed in collaboration with the support of medical, nursing and support services such as Laboratories, Radiology and Theatres.

This is the final phase of the plan and from that date, all relevant clinical services will be delivered from the new hospital.

I want to record my thanks to all those involved in delivering a project that has resulted in a safe hospital for the patients, families and staff of NHS Lothian.