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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.

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Question reference: S5W-08587

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 steps it is taking to improve diagnosis and treatment for people with both mental health and substance abuse problems.

Question reference: S5W-08604

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 mental health training is available for staff in educational settings to support young people, and how it ensures that as many as possible are offered this.

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-08589

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 review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Scotland) Act 2003 will begin, and who will be consulted.

The Scottish Government is currently working towards implementing the provisions of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. This contains several measures which strengthen the provisions in the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 that promote and protect service users’ rights. It also includes giving service users more control over their representation and strengthening the position of advance statements and advocacy which help service users express their will and preferences.

During the passage of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015, the Scottish Government committed to undertake a review to determine whether the provisions of the 2003 Act fulfil the needs of people with learning disability and autism. A scoping exercise has been concluded and work is underway to appoint a Chairperson to lead this review. It will be for the Chairperson to decide on an engagement strategy which will include gathering evidence for the review in a variety of ways.

Alongside the review, there is also the ongoing work relating to Adults With Incapacity legislation. It would therefore be inappropriate to consider wider changes to mental health legislation until these pieces of work have concluded.

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-08586

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 steps it is taking to ensure distribution of best practice for early interventions for first episode psychosis, and to whom will it be distributed to.

Question reference: S5W-08609

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 steps it is taking to develop the Think Positive initiative to ensure that there is consistent support for students.

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-08611

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 action it is taking to develop the National Rural Mental Health Forum.

Question reference: S5W-08599

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 21 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the recommendations of the project, Everyone Has a Story.

We are working actively with Lloyds Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) and other partners to fully realise the five recommendations that were directed towards the Scottish Government within the Everyone Has a Story Overview Report. A further 45 recommendations were directed towards practitioners, local decision makers and to the PDI itself.

On 10 November 2016, Minister for Health and Sport, Aileen Campbell MSP, met with the Chief Executive of Lloyds PDI specifically to discuss implementation of the recommendations. The Scottish Government and Lloyds PDI subsequently co-produced a tri-partite programme of work to boost both immediate and longer term progression with the recommendations, including embedding improved practice within Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP) areas. In 2017-18 this programme will be directly supported by Scottish Government funding of £247,000, to be supplemented by support in kind from Lloyds PDI and ADP partners.