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The following table shows the numbers of eating disorder specialists in Scotland broken down by Health Board. These figures have been taken from the NHS Staff Census which was conducted on the 30 September 2019.

In Scotland, a range of eating disorder services and treatment is provided in line with clinical good practice across community, primary care and specialist services for children and young people. The vast majority of people with eating disorders will be treated in the community, with support provided by primary care or community mental health teams and with support links to specialist hospital or voluntary sector care where appropriate.

The Scottish Government is not aware of an eating disorder support service called SPIRE.

The Scottish Government is working with Information Services Division (ISD) on a number of actions to improve the data that is collected regarding referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and to adult services.

A new core dataset has been developed, which includes diagnosis, diagnosis date and the start date of treatment or intervention. ISD is now working with all Boards to put in place a robust collection mechanism that will provide this core dataset at an individual patient level. As this dataset will be able to be broken down by diagnosis, we would expect a significant improvement in the data that is available regarding eating disorders.

 A review of the ECHO peer coaching service will be undertaken in 2021, with a full evaluation being undertaken in 2022 by the University of Edinburgh.

We will finalise publication arrangements of these reviews in due course.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information centrally.

In December 2018 the Minister for Mental Health announced £4 million of funding to expand the CAMHS workforce. NHS Education for Scotland agreed individual workforce development plans with each Board to increase service capacity including elements of education, training, supervision and coaching. The funding was deployed to meet several priority needs (neurodevelopmental, crisis response/unscheduled care, specialist CAMHS, early intervention, and other local pressures). As of 21 February 2020 NHS Boards have recruited 74.5 whole time equivalent multidisciplinary staff with this funding.

The National Concessionary Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled People provides travel concessions on buses. Local authorities have discretion under the Transport Act 1985 to offer local travel concessions on other modes of transport if they wish. The terms and conditions of any local concessions scheme are for individual local authorities to determine.

15 out of 19 (79%) of the social landlords that provide Gypsy/Traveller sites report that they have met the minimum site standards. The following table provides a breakdown by local authority/Registered Social Landlord. The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) continues to monitor, assess and report on landlords’ achievement of and ongoing compliance with the minimum site standards. SHR is engaging with landlords to ensure that progress is being made on sites that do not currently meet the standards.

Local Transport Note 1/07 Traffic Calming, published by TSO for the Department for Transport and devolved administrations is applicable in Scotland. Scottish Government advice on traffic calming measures can also be found in Designing Streets - A Policy Statement for Scotland, Cycling by Design, and Roads for All Good Practice Guide.

Hedgehogs are listed on schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), which makes it illegal to kill or capture them with certain methods.

One of the principles in Scottish Planning Policy is that the planning system should seek benefits for biodiversity from new development where possible, including the restoration of degraded habitats and the avoidance of further fragmentation or isolation of habitats.

Planning authorities, and all public bodies, have a duty under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 to further the conservation of biodiversity. This duty must be reflected in development plans and development management decisions.

While there is some evidence of a decline in hedgehog numbers, the available information is not sufficient to suggest that the species is in danger of extinction in Scotland. Steps being taken to halt the decline of hedgehogs in our towns and cities include the promotion of green space and green networks, for example through the Green Infrastructure Strategic Intervention managed by Scottish Natural Heritage.