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Friday 4 March 2016 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Communities Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (Scottish Liberal Democrats): To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the responses to its Consultation on Provisions for a Future Islands Bill; what work it has undertaken on such a Bill since the consultation closed, and what plans it has to introduce such a Bill. (S4W-29843) Derek Mackay: The responses to the Consultation on Provisions for a Future Islands Bill were published on 25 February 2016. The responses are currently being independently analysed. Once this is complete, the findings will help inform the development of a draft Bill. Decisions on the introduction of a future Bill will be for the next Scottish Government to determine following the Scottish parliamentary elections in May 2016. Health and Social Care Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what role integration joint boards have in decisions about the conditions proposed by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy in relation to the payment of the living wage in adult social care contracts, and the proposed changes to charges for services that they commission. (S4W-29716) Shona Robison: Integration joint boards will be required to set a budget that allocates their share of the integration funding included within the local government settlement, to meet as a minimum the settlements’ commitments in relation to social care, i.e. in relation to the living wage and changes to the charging thresholds. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what powers it has to instruct integration joint boards. (S4W-29717) Shona Robison: Section 52 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 provides ministers with powers to direct integration authorities, including integration joint boards, in relation to their carrying out of functions conferred on them by the Act. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what consequences will arise should resource transfer arrangements not be agreed with NHS boards by 9 February 2016. (S4W-29720) Shona Robison: Resource transfer arrangements have been superseded by the resource delegation arrangements required by the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014. The legislation requires agreement to be reached on budgets for delegation to integration authorities by 1 April 2016. The £250 million of integration funding provided for in the local government settlement will be allocated to health boards, to whom ministers will give written direction to delegate the full sum to their integration authorities. Integration authorities will then allocate their share of the resources to their local authorities to meet the commitments set out in the settlement. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it used to calculate the £250 million to be distributed to local authorities to ensure that they pay at least the living wage. (S4W-29721) Shona Robison: The Scottish Government will distribute the £250 million to health boards via their annual allocations, using the same allocation formula as was used for distribution of the Integrated Care Fund. This approach takes account of funding formulae used for the NHS and local government, using a 1:1 ratio of the National Resource Allocation Committee formula for the NHS and grant aided expenditure formula for local government. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) voluntary and (b) third sector care workers there are in each local authority area, and how much it will cost to pay them at least the living wage. (S4W-29722) Shona Robison: The number of (a) private and (b) voluntary/ third sector workers in the care sector in each local authority area is available in the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) annual workforce survey (table 4). This can be found on the SSSC website (http://data.sssc.uk.com/data- publications). The investment required to meet the living wage in contracted out adult social care services will vary across authorities in Scotland according to local circumstances, for example, the volume and balance of contracted out care and the progress some councils have already made towards payment of the living wage. We would expect a more finely grained analysis of the situation regarding wages and fair work within contracted out care services to be undertaken at integration authority level. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government who is overseeing the work to develop a national clinical strategy. (S4W-29741) Shona Robison: The National Clinical Strategy was developed by a small team led by Dr Angus Cameron, on loan from NHS Dumfries and Galloway, and overseen by a group chaired by Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director. In developing the strategy, there was engagement with a wide variety of staff across Scottish Government and NHS boards, with clinicians and their representatives. The engagement process included meetings with chief executives, finance directors, directors of planning, medical directors, nurse directors, chief pharmacists, area clinical forum leads, directors of public health, chief operating officers, HR directors, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Scottish Partnership Forum, eHealth advisors, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Medical Association. In addition there was significant clinical engagement with meetings open to all clinicians held in Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, Fort William, Glasgow and Dumfries. Membership of the oversight group was as follows: Dr Catherine Calderwood, Scottish Government, Chief Medical Officer Fiona McQueen, Scottish Government, Chief Nursing Officer John Matheson, Scottish Government, Finance Director (until January 2016) Dr Andrew Longmate, Scottish Government, Senior Medical Officer Professor Craig White, Scottish Government, Divisional Clinical Lead Elizabeth Porterfield, Scottish Government, Head Strategic Planning and Clinical Priorities Karen MacNee, Scottish Government, Senior Policy Analyst Robert Calderwood, Chief Executive, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Cathie Cowan, Chief Executive, NHS Orkney John Turner, Chief Executive, NHS24 (until July 2015) Jill Young, Chief Executive, Golden Jubilee Foundation Lindsay Burley, Chair, NHS National Education Scotland Jeane Freeman, Chair, Golden Jubilee Foundation Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government which ministers serve on the NHS Guiding Coalition; who the other members are; who it reports to; whether it includes staff representatives; what its remit is; when it was established; when it has met; who attended each meeting; what was discussed, and whether the minutes and papers of its meetings are published. (S4W-29743) Shona Robison: The NHS senior leaders forum are the Director General for Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, directors of the Scottish Government’s Health and Social Care Directorate, NHS Scotland chairs and chief executives, and the chairs of the NHS Scotland medical directors and nurse directors groups. The forum forms part of regular engagement between Scottish Government and NHS boards. Paul Martin (Glasgow Provan) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on (a) new and (b) used office furniture in Lightburn Hospital in each of the last five years. (S4W-29773) Shona Robison: This information requested is not held centrally. Paul Martin (Glasgow Provan) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report in the Evening Times that medics at Lightburn Hospital claim that the building is "not fit for purpose". (S4W-29774) Shona Robison: It is the responsibility of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to deliver effective and high quality health services to the population. There has been significant progress over the last two years in ensuring that the wards in Lightburn Hospital are fit for purpose. For example, in its two elderly rehabilitation wards with a significant proportion of people with dementia, developments include improved dementia-friendly signage, colour contrasts and lighting, all benchmarked against Health Improvement Scotland’s Older People in Acute Hospitals design standards. In addition, between the two elderly wards there are four Dementia Champions leading and influencing change at front-line of care in the wards. These include both the two senior charge nurses, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist. There are support workers who coordinate activity, including the use of reminiscence therapy. There is also a dementia-friendly garden, which can be accessed from both wards. Paul Martin (Glasgow Provan) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what inspections have been carried at the Lightburn Hospital by the (a) NHS and (b) Care Inspectorate in each of the last five years; what the outcome was of each; what reports were published; whether the hospital is subject to any ongoing inspection; what further inspections are planned, and what information it has regarding inspections by the Health and Safety Executive. (S4W-29775) Shona Robison: There have not been any inspections of Lightburn Hospital in the past five years. Over the next two years, Healthcare Improvement Scotland will be adapting and extending its older people in