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Official statistics on hospital beds are routinely published on the ISD website.

It is the responsibility of Integration Joint Boards working with partners and commissioned services to deliver and to manage all aspects of the resources, including staff, which are required to deliver the services.

Attracting and retaining the right people, and raising the status of social care as a profession, is key to delivering quality care. We have taken action to protect social care services, including investment for paying the Living Wage to adult social care workers.

We are working with COSLA and other key partners to deliver major reforms to adult social care and on a jointly owned workforce plan, both of which will support collaborative work on workforce issues.

This information is not held centrally.

The most recent figures, broken down by service area for the 12 months up to June 2017, are in the public domain.

This information can be found at http://www.retis.scot.nhs.uk/wheelchairquality.html under ‘Quality Ambition Data’.

Action 16 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-27 committed to fund the introduction of a Managed Clinical Network to improve the recognition and treatment of perinatal mental health problems. Recruitment to the network has been completed and it is now operational

The network is conducting a review of services (both statutory and voluntary), available to women who experience any perinatal mental illness, across Scotland. This will be completed within the coming year. The network will then make recommendations regarding the adequacy of provision and how any identified gaps in service provision could be filled.

Action 16 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-27 committed to fund the introduction of a Managed Clinical Network to improve the recognition and treatment of perinatal mental health problems. Recruitment to the network has been completed and it is now operational.

In its review of current provision, the network will pay particular attention to pathways into care for women who may live some distance from an existing MBU and will make recommendations on improving access where difficulties emerge. Both existing MBUs have put in place online resources which provide information for the public and professionals on accessing MBU care and what to expect if an admission takes place.

Action 16 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-27 committed to fund the introduction of a Managed Clinical Network to improve the recognition and treatment of perinatal mental health problems. Recruitment to the network has been completed and it is now operational.

The network is undertaking a review of current education and training across disciplines, including mental health nursing, over the course of the coming year. The network is also working with NHS Education for Scotland to identify a training plan for professionals, including mental health nurses working within specialist perinatal mental health services and those working in general mental health services.

The Scottish Government believes that young carers should be supported to have a life similar to their non-carer peers which includes having access to leisure and recreational activities.

The Scottish Government engaged with COSLA as part of the development of the new package of support for young carers that the First Minister announced on
20 September 2017. This package includes the proposed specific young carer element to the Young Scot National Entitlement Card which will provide targeted, non-cash rewards and benefits to young carers. Young Scot will work with a group of young carers to ensure the rewards are appropriately tailored to their needs. Young Scot will be engaging with local authorities and businesses over the rewards and benefits to be offered through the scheme, which will be rolled out from April 2019.

The Information requested is not reported centrally, but the tables show the number of patients for whom dehydration and related conditions were the main diagnoses recorded as the reason for hospital admission (table 1) or one of the diagnoses recorded (table 2). Because dehydration is reported together with other conditions such as hypovolaemia (low blood volume), the figures given are likely to overestimate the number of cases. Where dehydration and related conditions were the main reason for hospital admission, the most common other conditions recorded included vomiting, kidney disease and diabetes.

Table 1: Number of people who had at least one admission to hospital during the year because of a primary diagnosis of volume depletion, including dehydration or related condition; by Health Board of treatment; 1999 – 2016

Table 2: Number of people who had at least one admission to hospital during the year because of any diagnosis of volume depletion, including dehydration or related condition; by Health board of treatment; 1999 – 2016