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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: S6O-00737

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that the lifting of the eviction ban, in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, will result in increased homelessness.

Question reference: S6W-05680

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in the development of the NHS Recovery and Rehabilitation Framework, and when the National Advisory Board for Rehabilitation last met.

The Framework for supporting people through Recovery and Rehabilitation during and after the COVID-19 was published in August 2020. We then undertook a significant scoping exercise to understand the current status of rehabilitation services in Scotland, from the perspective of the staff working in them. This was done using a self-assessment tool and the report on the findings ( Rehabilitation Framework Self-Assessment Tool: Analysis of Survey Responses ) was published on 9th December 2021.

The findings from the self-assessment tool, along with demand and capacity data, will inform the development of a national programme of improvement work which we will work with NHS Boards, Health and Social Care Partnerships and the third sector to implement. This will deliver a ‘Once for Scotland’ rehabilitation pathway that will ensure everyone who requires rehabilitation will be able to access it.

The National Advisory Board for Rehabilitation last met in October 2021, and it is expected it will meet again in early 2022 now that the report on the self-assessment tool had been published.

Question reference: S6W-05677

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on implementation of the recommendation made in the National Stoma Quality Improvement Group Short Life Working Group's final report, published in November 2019, that NHS boards should review future stoma nurse workforce requirements, in line with the Chief Nursing Officer Directorate's Transforming Roles Programme and the findings of the Short Life Working Group, and whether an implementation lead has been appointed.

The National Stoma Quality Improvement Group’s Short Life Working Group’s final report of November 2019 recommended that NHS Boards review their future Stoma Nurse workforce. I expect NHS Boards to plan their workforce, including stoma clinical nurse specialists, to meet the needs of their population. At this present time, the recommendations from the National Stoma Quality Improvement Group Short Life Working Group and the Scottish Government are not considering the appointment of an implementation lead.

Question reference: S6W-05676

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the appointment from within the Chief Nursing Officer's Directorate of a lead for Scottish stoma clinical nurse specialists.

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) has a range of clinical nurse advisors who offer advice and support to both the CNO and Scottish Ministers on a range of issues, including the care of individuals with a stoma. As part of the CNO’s Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professionals programme, a review of the role definition and education of clinical nurse specialists was taken forward. The review didn’t look at (and has no plans to consider) specific specialties such as stoma nursing and we have no plans to appoint a lead for stoma clinical nurse specialists.

Question reference: S6W-05523

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether people with high-level spinal injuries will be eligible for anti-viral medication if they get COVID-19.

Question reference: S6W-05519

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been admitted to hospital since 23 December 2021, and, of these, how many were admitted with the primary condition being COVID-19.

Information on hospital admissions for all causes for this date range is not held by the Scottish Government. Information on hospital admissions is published daily by Public Health Scotland (PHS), however, this is only available on a quarterly basis.

Between 23 December 2021 and 16 January 2022 there were 3,360 COVID-19 related hospital admissions.

A breakdown of this figure by primary condition is not available.

However, a recent clinical audit performed by Public Health Scotland has shown that as of 4 January 2022 in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 9 January 2022 in NHS Dumfries and Galloway and 11 January 2022 in NHS Grampian, 63% of acute hospital admissions were determined to be ‘because of’ COVID-19 (assuming either a definite or probable attribution) as opposed to coincidental ‘with’ COVID-19. These findings relate to analyses by PHS in their COVID-19 and Winter Statistical Report published on 19 January 2022.

Question reference: S6W-05486

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04701 by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding when a case note review was carried out for the case of Andrew Slorance at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

Further to the answer given to question S6W-04701 on 23 December 2021, I can confirm that the case note review for Mr Slorance, undertaken by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, was completed in November 2021.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

Question reference: S6W-05552

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures have been carried out at the (a) Golden Jubilee hospital, (b) Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and (c) Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in each year since 2018-19, including the current year to date.

Information on TAVI procedures in Scotland for 2018-19 and 2019-20 was submitted by sites to the UK National Cardiac Audit Programme. Published data is available from the British Cardiovascular Interventional Society (BCIS) - Audit Results - British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (bcis.org.uk) .

The published reports indicate that in 2018-19 there were 310 TAVI procedures, and in 2019-20 there were 400 TAVI procedures carried out in Scotland. The reports do not break down the number of cases per Scottish site.

The Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme is currently working with TAVI sites across Scotland to collate data for 2020-21 onwards.

Question reference: S6W-05730

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to undertake a review of COVID-19 working practices in social care settings.

On 3 November 2020 the Scottish Government published a rapid review of outbreaks to learn lessons for practices within care homes Coronavirus (COVID-19): care home outbreaks - root cause analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

In doing so, the report collated and evaluated local level experiences and responses to COVID-19 outbreaks within care homes. It identified a number of recommendations to support working practices to prevent transmission of COVID. We continue to work to ensure the recommendations are implemented and have recently set up a working group to examine whether further work is required given where we now are in the pandemic.

Providing consistent high quality, safe and effective personalised care for people is our top priority for our health and care services. We continue to take a public health and a clinical evidence based response to the pandemic. In doing so, this continually ensures working practices are fit for purpose, for example Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment and Testing to Protect which continue to be of paramount importance as we come to deal with the impact of the pandemic and apply lessons learned.

In addition, to support the needs and wellbeing of the social care workforce and unpaid carers, we have put in place a combination of measures including working practices which were outlined in the Adult Social Care Winter Plan available at the following link: Adult social care - winter preparedness plan: 2021-22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

As we look to the future and rebuild and remobilise our social care sector in Scotland, we have a significant opportunity to ensure that staff and users of social care people are placed at the centre of the recovery. We are proactively developing an Older People’s Strategy and a Healthcare Framework for adults and older people living in care homes. These principles will also be critical as we establish a National Care Service in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-05548

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether all over-65-year-olds routinely have their heart checked with a stethoscope.