- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established the short life working group tasked with making recommendations on how clinically-appropriate use of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) equipment in the provision of NHS community eyecare services can be more effectively supported, and, if so, what the membership of the group is, and when the group last met.
Answer
The SLWG has yet to be established pending the review of all 2022-23 budget plans. Scottish Ministers remain committed to the policy intent, however as highlighted by the Deputy First Minister, the impact of the cost crisis and significant rises in inflation have placed unprecedented pressure on existing Health & Social Care budgets.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it expects to spend on the use of private companies in undertaking contracts for work relating to the establishment of a National Care Service in the financial year of (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25, broken down by the purpose of any such spending.
Answer
Please see the following table of contracts which have been awarded so far by year, as part of the National Care Service Programme.
Currently, there is no additional budget specifically allocated for procuring external advice from private companies, although the National Care Service Programme will retain flexibility to procure external expertise as necessary to deliver the National Care Service.
Contract | Supplier Awarded Contract | Contract Duration | Contract Dates | Total Contract Value | Contract Purpose |
Financial Controls Review | AAB | 4 months with the option for a 4 month extension which can be used purely for time to complete, not to add monetary value | 25-04-22 – 25-08-22 | £45,504 exc. VAT | To provide advice to the NCS finance team on recommendations for improvement where necessary on the financial controls in place, the capacity and capability of the finance team, and the methodology used to provide estimates set-up and running costs for the NCS. |
VAT Advice | AAB | 12 months | Spring 22-23 – Spring 23-24 | £46,749 exc. VAT | To provide advice on necessary VAT preparations for the establishment of a NCS. To provide advice on the VAT impact of different NCS scenarios and recommend any options and/or solutions that could potentially achieve a VAT neutral outcome. |
Operating Model and Business Case production | KPMG | 18 months | 13-12-21 – 13-06-23 | £546,000 | To produce a Current Operating Model for the current social care sector, a Target Operating Model for the National Care Service and a Programme Business Case. |
Provision of Consultation response analysis | PwC | 3 months | Dec 21 – Feb 22 | £68,360 | Contract to undertake analysis and the production of a report for the public consultation on A National Care Service for Scotland. Contract now complete. |
National Care Service Operating model design | PwC | 2 months | 03-09-21 – 03-11-21 | £107,020.80 | Contract for advice and the production of a report on programme governance arrangements and a Design Authority within the National Care Service Programme. Contract now complete. |
Landscape review | Socitim (Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation) | 12 months | 14-02-22 – 14-02-23 | £412,624 exc. VAT | A review of the technology and digital architectural landscape across the public, private and third sector organisations who are involved in the delivery of social care services in Scotland to understand what will and will not work in the system |
User research | Storm ID | 2 months | 21-02-22 – 27-04-22 | £47,300 exc. VAT | User research to explore how people experience interacting with services in Scotland, and is particularly focussed on what data is important to them. Contract now complete. |
International research | Capgemini Invents | 2 months | 24-02-22 – 15-04-22 | £49,000 exc. VAT | Research to understand what digital approaches, services and products have enabled similar services outside of Scotland and what lessons can be learned from both successful and unsuccessful digital projects and programmes. This will focus on the technical and practical elements of work rather than the policy drivers. Contract now complete. |
Technical architecture partner | Capgemini Invents | 12 months | 15-08-22 – 15-08-23 | £338,730 exc. VAT | Research to understand in detail how data is currently flowing in the social care and health system and a technical architecture review of existing national digital assets to make a technical assessment to inform design decisions and inform the re-use of assets where appropriate. |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects to recoup from asking Integration Joint Boards to return any unspent COVID-19 funding.
Answer
The majority of Integrated Joint Board reserves are earmarked for specific purposes, in particular the ongoing response to COVID-19 and cannot be used to fund new spending commitments.
Further Covid funding has not been available from the UK Government for Covid related pressures in 2022-23.
Further work will be carried out to assess the amounts to be re-couped from IJBs in line with Covid requirements
More than £1.6 billion has been provided for social care and integration in 2022-23in addition to support for Covid, and we are committed to increasing spend in social care by at least 25% by the end of this Parliament, an increase of over £840 million.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has been undertaken to calculate the updated level of unmet need in adult social care since the publication of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care.
Answer
Scottish Government analysts are considering options for increasing our understanding of the nature and level of unmet need in adult social care, and will continue to engage with external partners to develop appropriate approaches and deliver new insights over the coming months.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022
To ask the First Minister what assistance the Scottish Government is providing to those with complex disabilities to cope with the cost of living crisis.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what activities it plans to hold to commemorate 800 years since Dumbarton became a royal burgh.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed all of the recommendations in the Blake Stevenson report on the new ME/CFS NICE guidelines.
Answer
We welcome the recommendations made within the recent Scottish stakeholder review of the ME/CFS NICE guideline and are working with stakeholders on how best to implement these. The report was produced independently by Blake Stevenson Ltd to present the views gathered during a stakeholder engagement exercise commissioned by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many ME specialist nurses there are, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any additional resources were made available for ME services following the National Clinical Director's letter to NHS boards, of June 2022, about investment to increase the number of specialist clinics and specialists with expertise in ME.
Answer
This information is not centrally held. While the Scottish Government’s role is to set the strategic policy for the NHS in Scotland, NHS Boards and healthcare professionals locally have responsibility for both service delivery and people’s care. NHS Boards are expected to ensure that patients, including those who require care and support for ME/CFS, have access to a range of professionals to provide the appropriate management of their condition.
Given the range of symptoms which can be experienced with ME/CFS, we know there is no ‘one-size fits all’ response and our approach is to support people to access care and support in a setting that is appropriate and as close to their home as is practicable.
Our strengthening of the primary care workforce through recruitment of multi-disciplinary teams is making it easier for people to access this type of care and support. We have now recruited over 3,220 professionals, including community nurses and physiotherapists, with increased funding of £170m in 2022-23 to support further development of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on ME services in each of the last 12 months, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information requested is not held centrally.
