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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S5W-08614

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 2 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to improve the provision of services to treat child and adolescent mental health problems.

Question reference: S5W-08615

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 2 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will begin the recruitment process for the 800 additional mental health workers to cover all A&E units, GP practices, police custody suite and prisons, and how it will determine how many staff will be placed in each of these places.

Question reference: S5W-08588

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 27 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to further support the physical activity programme developed by SAMH.

The ALBA (Active Living Becomes Achievable) programme, a collaboration between the Scottish Government and SAMH, will build on the well-established links between physical activity and improved mental wellbeing, and includes partnership working with Leisure Trusts in three targeted areas (Fife, North Ayrshire and West Lothian).

The ALBA programme is already underway, with the first cohort of individuals joining the programme in Fife in early 2017. Leisure providers in North Ayrshire and West Lothian are expected to start working with participants in Summer 2017.

The Scottish Government has invested nearly £1m (£992,000) in this programme to encourage people with mental health problems to become more physically active.

Question reference: S5W-08643

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 27 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06583 by Maureen Watt on 6 February 2017, whether the updated national dementia strategy has been published and, if not, (a) what the reason is for the delay and (b) by what date it will be published.

The Scottish Government now plans to publish the 2017-2020 National Dementia Strategy in June.

We have taken some additional time to ensure that all aspects of the strategy and its commitments are designed to provide maximum national support to local dementia service delivery, re-design and improvement; and to ensure that stakeholders are content with the overall strategy and its commitments.

Question reference: S5W-08584

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the quality of anticipatory care planning approaches for children and young people.

The Scottish Government is working with Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s Living Well in Communities programme which has a dedicated improvement workstream on Anticipatory Care Planning. This has included work with the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and other representatives of children’s palliative care services to develop an Anticipatory Care Plan for children and young people, recognising that it is vital to ensure person-centred care meets the needs of people of all ages.

Question reference: S5T-00525

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to claims that staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital are “incredibly stressed” and that the hospital is “very short staffed”.

Question reference: S5W-08590

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the reform of adults with incapacity legislation will take place, and who will be consulted.

Scottish Government officials are currently developing a series of proposals for reform of the Adults with Incapacity legislation based on the recommendations for change which arose from the Scottish Government's consultation on the Scottish Law Commission's report on Adults with Incapacity which was carried out last year. In May and June these proposals will be discussed informally with a wide range of stakeholders and service users. Following this further work will be done to refine the proposals before a full public consultation which will take place in the autumn of 2017.

Question reference: S5W-08607

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will (a) determine and (b) implement the additional support support needed for practitioner assessing and managing complex needs among children who present a high risk to themselves or others.

Question reference: S5W-08605

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the uptake has been of the national implementation of targeted parenting programmes for parents of three- and four-year-olds; when this roll-out will be complete, and how it will measure its effectiveness.

Question reference: S5W-08652

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 24 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the completion of the pilot programme, when the distress brief intervention programme, which was set out in the 2017-2027 Mental Health Strategy, will commence.