- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish the findings of Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland's review of how homicides involving persons with a mental illness are dealt with.
Answer
In 2015, the Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, asked the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland to review how homicides, by people who are users of mental health or learning disability services, are investigated.
A final report was submitted by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland in November of this year. The report proposes building on the existing systems of review of investigations undertaken by both Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. Ministers are currently considering the report and will engage with stakeholders as part of this process.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole-time equivalent human resources staff have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 2010-11, and how many there currently are.
Answer
Table 1 shows the whole-time equivalent (WTE) of human resources staff presented at 31 March of each year and for the latest published figures as at 30 June 2016.
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Mar-11
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Mar-12
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Mar-13
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Mar-14
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Mar-15
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Mar-16
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Jun-
16
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NHSScotland
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1087.3
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1006.2
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987.7
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1025.8
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1039.1
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1030.5
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1047.4
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NHS Ayrshire & Arran
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49.9
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45.3
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44.3
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56.5
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58.2
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52.1
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51.5
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NHS Borders
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17.5
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15.1
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12.9
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15.4
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16.1
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16.9
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16.4
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NHS Dumfries & Galloway
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22.2
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24.1
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25.4
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29.9
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34.5
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35.0
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34.5
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NHS Fife
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46.9
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42.1
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43.6
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37.0
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37.2
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37.5
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41.9
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NHS Forth Valley
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52.2
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46.8
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43.6
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48.8
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47.3
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50.5
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46.7
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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
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201.1
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184.4
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188.2
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190.3
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191.5
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187.4
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191.9
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NHS Grampian
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99.4
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96.8
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93.5
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105.1
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107.7
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104.2
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103.8
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NHS Highland
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99.9
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90.7
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87.2
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94.7
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99.0
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107.0
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111.0
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NHS Lanarkshire
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54.5
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50.1
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53.6
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58.5
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54.6
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56.2
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55.4
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NHS Lothian
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111.4
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97.0
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97.4
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99.3
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97.7
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97.9
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96.4
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NHS Orkney
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10.4
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7.0
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6.0
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8.0
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6.7
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7.2
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6.7
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NHS Shetland
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8.5
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5.8
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8.5
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9.5
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7.9
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7.9
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7.7
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NHS Tayside
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80.7
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75.0
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73.0
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76.3
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78.8
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71.5
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76.4
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NHS Western Isles
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15.3
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18.0
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16.4
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16.0
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15.4
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15.0
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11.7
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State Hospital
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8.0
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6.0
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6.5
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7.5
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5.5
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6.5
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5.5
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National Waiting Times Centre
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12.5
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12.4
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12.4
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12.3
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12.1
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12.1
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14.1
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Scottish Ambulance Service
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43.5
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42.8
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41.8
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42.9
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40.7
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38.6
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38.9
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NHS 24
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39.7
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34.5
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36.8
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31.2
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35.2
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33.9
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30.1
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NHS National Services Scotland
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58.7
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59.8
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49.8
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41.0
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47.4
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53.1
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69.3
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NHS Education for Scotland
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29.6
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29.8
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25.4
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25.7
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27.3
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25.7
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23.5
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NHS Health Scotland
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13.9
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12.1
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8.4
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7.4
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6.7
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5.0
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4.8
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NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland
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11.4
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10.6
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12.9
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12.4
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11.4
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9.4
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9.4
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Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS).
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Table1: Number (whole time equivalent) of Human Resources staff in post, by NHS Boards, presented as at 31 March each year.
Further notes:
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Further information on the statistics, including information on how the data are collected and notes to aid interpretation, is given in the 'FAQs' section of the Workforce Statistics website at http://www.isdscotland.org/workforce/
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02025 by Shona Robison on 15 September 2016, what steps it has introduced to reduce the risk of future similar litigation regarding informed consent procedures.
Answer
The case in question resulted from a medical procedure that was carried out in 1999 and it is recognised that medical practice has advanced significantly in this time. Patients are now better informed and advised of the risks and complications regarding their medical treatment.
As I outlined in my answer to questions S5W-02025 and S5W-04657 on 25 November 2016, I expect all NHS boards and their clinicians to adhere to the long established General Medical Council guidance and to have robust clinical governance arrangements in place to ensure that the principles and framework contained in the guidance are applied by all doctors when seeking informed consent to treatment from patients.
The guidance advocates an approach of patients and doctors making decisions together, an approach which was endorsed by the court ruling in 2015.
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2016
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to address workforce issues in the NHS.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2016
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the Scottish Medicines Consortium's decision not to recommend nivolumab for use by patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-04618 on 21 November 2016. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish Medicines Consortium's decision not to recommend nivolumab for use by patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, what options it is considering to make this treatment available.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-04618 on 21 November 2016. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Transport and the Islands last met ScotRail and what issues were discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2016
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason some NHS boards are treating people who have the hepatitis C virus according to national treatment targets while others are treating within a medicine budget.
Answer
NHS Boards are responsible for the clinical care of their local population and for making decisions on the use of their allocated budgets. It is for NHS Boards to assess the needs of their local population and deliver services accordingly. In the case of hepatitis C the incidence and prevalence of the disease varies across Scotland as does the distribution of genotypes of the disease. This means the scale and nature of hepatitis C infection in different Boards can necessitate a different response. The treatment target set by Scottish Government is a national target, and this target that has been met or exceeded each year.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what estimates it has made of the likely impact of providing the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to boys as well as girls.
Answer
The Scottish Government is advised on all vaccination matters by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
The JCVI recognises the importance of ongoing assessment of HPV vaccination for boys and agreed that further work was required to consider the vaccination of adolescent boys against HPV. Modelling work to look at the impact and cost effectiveness of such a programme is currently being undertaken by Public Health England and is expected to report in early 2017. Following this, and once all the necessary evidence is available, the JCVI will begin its deliberations on extending the HPV vaccination programme to adolescent boys.
The Scottish Government will of course carefully consider any future recommendations made by the JCVI on HPV vaccination.
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the costs would be for introducing a gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme.
Answer
It is not possible to know what the costs of a gender neutral HPV vaccination programme would be until the JCVI has made its final recommendation, as this will determine the eligibility group to be vaccinated, and potentially the vaccine product to be used.
Modelling work to look at the impact and cost effectiveness of such a programme is currently being undertaken by Public Health England and is expected to report in early 2017. Following this, and once all the necessary evidence is available, the JCVI will begin its deliberations on extending the HPV vaccination programme to adolescent boys.
The Scottish Government will of course carefully consider any future recommendations made by the JCVI on HPV vaccination.
