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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S5W-03507

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to the (a) New Medicines Fund and (b) Rare Conditions Medicines Fund in each year since 2012-13.

Question reference: S5W-03506

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the future of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme.

Question reference: S5W-03509

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much the (a) New Medicines Fund and (b) Rare Conditions Medicines Fund has spent in each year since 2012-13, also broken down by expenditure on medicines (i) not yet assessed, (ii) approved, (iii) not approved but requested and (iv) approved by the Scottish Government but not approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium.

Question reference: S5W-03528

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how the average level of Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILFS) support for people in supported accommodation compares with ILFS support for people living at home, and what action it is taking to close any difference.

This information is not held centrally.

In general, Independent Living Fund (ILF) Scotland does not support people in supported accommodation as it is tasked with supporting disabled people in an independent living setting. There are some limited exceptions to this, where an ILF assessor judges that someone lives sufficiently independently in a shared care environment; however the ILF Scotland management information system does not provide sufficient level of detail to allow separate data on support to these individuals to be extracted.

Question reference: S5W-03532

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance there is regarding the number of safety mats required in residential care accommodation.

Question reference: S5W-03289

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 28 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it will produce a new child and adolescent health and wellbeing strategy and whether it will be subject to consultation.

Question reference: S5W-03467

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many inpatient beds there are for children and adolescents with mental health problems; what immediate action it is taking to provide additional provision; whether it aims to meet the recommendation by Royal College of Psychiatrists that there should be 125 to 208 beds, and, if so, when this will be achieved.

Unit	No of beds	Area served
National Child Inpatient Psychiatric Service for under 12 years, Glasgow	6	Scotland
Royal Edinburgh Hospital	12	South East of Scotland Lothian, Fife and Borders
Skye House, Stobhill, Glasgow	24	West of Scotland Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Forth Valley, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway Ayrshire and Arran
Dudhope House, Dundee	12	North of Scotland Tayside, Grampian, Highland, Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles
Total	54

The 125 to 208 beds figure in the question will likely be derived from the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Report CR182, Building and sustaining specialist CAMHS to improve outcomes for children and young people.

It is the responsibility of health boards to provide services appropriate to the needs of their local population. Children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) will be generally treated in the community. There may however be times when it is necessary to admit them to hospital for specialist treatment. Should this be the case they would be admitted to one of the 3 regional CAMHS inpatient units or the national unit for under 12s. These units are a highly specialist service. The young people’s units are planned on a regional basis, with the boards collaborating across three regions. The under 12s unit is planned on a national basis.

There are no current plans to increase the bed base of the 6 place unit for 5-12 years olds following a review of this service in November 2014 which found that, since 2009, the bed occupancy (excluding day patient beds) ranged from 47% in both 2009-10 and 2010-11 to 28% at its lowest.

The bed base for the North of Scotland region for 12 to 18 year olds increased from 6 to 12 in 2015.

Question reference: S5W-03333

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Centre for Deep Brain Stimulation will be established.

Question reference: S5W-03621

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 26 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide secure/locked provision for mental health patients aged 18 and under.

Question reference: S5W-03533

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 26 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance there is on providing best care for people with dementia in residential care.

The Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland provide guidance on standards expected when provding care in all dementia care settings, including residential care.

The Care Inspectorate will carry out 150 dementia-focused inspections in care home for older people in 2016-17. The inspections will focus on how the dementia standards have been applied in practice. An overall inspection report will be published and available on the Care Inspectorate’s website in 2017.