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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: S5W-12590

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many “did not attend” appointments were recorded by each NHS board in 2016-17.

The information requested is provided in the following table.

NHSScotland: Total number of new referrals, did not attends and the percentage of did not attends in Financial year 2016-17 by each NHS Board.

NHS Board	Total Number of New Referrals	Did Not Attend (DNA)	DNA Rate (%)
Golden Jubilee National Hospital	14,346	690	4.8%
NHS Ayrshire & Arran	114,679	10,859	9.5%
NHS Borders	35,341	1,673	4.7%
NHS Dumfries & Galloway	42,365	2,181	5.1%
NHS Fife	114,061	11,142	9.8%
NHS Forth Valley	80,507	6,503	8.1%
NHS Grampian	126,501	7,949	6.3%
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde	436,080	51,490	11.8%
NHS Highland	78,499	4,858	6.2%
NHS Lanarkshire	141,106	13,509	9.6%
NHS Lothian	264,692	27,059	10.2%
NHS Orkney	4,348	259	6.0%
NHS Shetland	5,183	355	6.8%
NHS Tayside	151,854	13,439	8.8%
NHS Western Isles	8,512	713	8.4%
Non- NHS Provider	5,324	187	3.5%
NHS Scotland	1,623,398	152,866	9.4%

Source:ISD Scotland SMR00

Question reference: S5W-12591

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many care residents have died following (a) admission and (b) readmission to hospital in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-12571

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the plans to (a) upgrade the Sherriffhall junction and (b) (i) expand capacity and (ii) reduce congestion on the Edinburgh city bypass.

The Scottish Government remains committed to undertaking improvements at Sheriffhall and we are currently progressing the development and assessment of the preferred option which is due to culminate in 2019 with the publication of draft Orders. Delivery of the scheme itself can only commence when the scheme is approved under the statutory procedures and thereafter a timetable for construction can be set.

Further consideration to the rationale to reduce congestion on the Edinburgh City Bypass will be considered as part of the review of the Strategic Transport Projects Review, in line with commitments made in the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

Question reference: S5W-12741

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-01334 by Shona Robison on 4 October 2017, whether it will provide the statistics for 2016-17.

Question reference: S5W-12573

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the Gogar roundabout to improve traffic flow eastbound.

The A8 and Gogar Roundabout do not form part of the Trunk Road Network and therefore this is a matter for City of Edinburgh Council as Local Roads Authority.

The Scottish Government has committed £20 million as part of the Edinburgh and South East City Region Deal to improving public transport infrastructure in West Edinburgh. Although the specific proposals have yet to be finalised, the Scottish Government understands that improvements to the A8 at Gogar Roundabout and the Maybury Junction are both being considered by City of Edinburgh Council.

Question reference: S5W-12601

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support people with MS to access autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT).

The role of the Scottish Government is to provide policies, frameworks and resources to NHS boards in order that they can deliver services that meet the needs of their local population. Within this context, it is for clinical audit and local clinical governance structures to monitor how well clinicians and NHS Boards are complying with existing clinical guidelines and to ensure that new and emerging evidence and good practice guidelines are considered at regular intervals.

NHS Boards take decisions on whether to adopt technologies based on evidence of their safety and proven clinical and cost effectiveness.

Question reference: S5W-12572

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether using underpasses instead of roundabouts on the Edinburgh city bypass could improve traffic flow.

The Scottish Government is currently undertaking the development and assessment of the preferred option for improvements at Sheriffhall Roundabout. This is due to culminate in 2019 with the publication of draft Orders. Delivery of the scheme itself can only commence when the scheme is approved under the statutory procedures and thereafter a timetable for construction can be set.

Further consideration of the rationale to improve traffic flow on the Edinburgh City Bypass will be considered as part of the review of the Strategic Transport Projects Review, in line with commitments made in the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

Question reference: S5W-12593

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its suicide prevention strategy.

In Autumn and Winter 2017-18, the Scottish Government will engage with stakeholders with a view to developing a new suicide prevention action plan for publication in 2018. The key themes of the existing Suicide Prevention Strategy namely improving responses to distress, improving the NHS response to suicide, talking about suicide, and developing the evidence base remain pertinent to continuing efforts to reduce the suicide rate; we continue to work with stakeholders to implement the commitments under these themes.

Question reference: S5W-12599

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS employees have received the flu vaccination in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

The vaccination of NHS staff against seasonal flu is an occupational health responsibility of NHS Boards. NHS Boards provide high level data to Health Protection Scotland on flu vaccine uptake amongst their healthcare workers, and this allows an estimate to be calculated.

Flu uptake rates for healthcare workers by NHS Board are available for the 2011-12 flu season onwards and can be viewed at: http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/re sp/seasonalinfluenzavisualisation.aspx . It is important to highlight that calculating uptake of vaccination by NHS staff is complicated for a number of reasons. NHS Boards use different occupational health systems, there are limitations within the data provided by NHS Boards to Health Protection Scotland and some staff will be vaccinated through the core vaccination programme by their GP due to risk factors.

Question reference: S5W-12687

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a revised definition of true ultra-orphan medicines.