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Written Answers Wednesday 2 March 2016 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Communities Margaret McCulloch (Central Scotland) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mark International Day of Older Persons on 1 October 2016. (S4W-30016) Alex Neil: The Scottish Government will work with its stakeholders to agree how to mark the day as we have done in previous years. The Scottish Older People's Assembly celebrated International Older People's Day on 5 October 2015, during older people's week, by holding its annual assembly in the Scottish Parliament with politicians and around 150 older people. Age Scotland's member groups are currently planning their activities for the day and it is expected that the community grants fund of £80,000 awarded to Age Scotland will support many local events. Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the Commission on Local Tax Reform. (S4W-30231) Marco Biagi: I can confirm that the details of our plans on local taxation have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib number 57721). Enterprise and Environment John Wilson (Central Scotland) (Independent): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-29191 by Fergus Ewing on 20 January 2016, how it will engage with the community, industry and environmental stakeholders. Holding answer issued: 29 February 2016 (S4W-29590) Fergus Ewing: The Scottish Government is committed to engaging widely on the issue of unconventional oil and gas. A variety of engagement tools and platforms will be used before and during the formal public consultation. This will include meeting with community, industry and environmental groups. We also anticipate engaging through existing networks and forums, including community networks, alongside electronic engagement. During the pre-consultation period, our focus will be on listening to views on promoting an inclusive and comprehensive debate of the issues and discussing our work to prepare objective evidence to inform the debate. In November 2015, Health Protection Scotland hosted a series of workshops to give stakeholders an opportunity to highlight issues of particular interest to them. The information collected at these workshops has been used to inform the scope of the evidence-gathering for the public health impact assessment. The research projects the Scottish Government has commissioned also require the contractors to engage with stakeholders representing community, environmental and industry interests to give them an opportunity to provide sources of information and highlight issues of concern that fall within the scope of this research. Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the delay in paying basic payments to farmers and crofters will not impact on the timescale for the payment of less favoured area support payments. Holding answer issued: 1 March 2016 (S4W-29624) Richard Lochhead: The less favoured area support scheme (LFASS) shares an application process with the new basic payment scheme, and for both schemes it is necessary to verify the area of land in each farmer’s claim. LFASS payments are always made in arrears, so the payments due in 2016 are in respect of the 2015 scheme. There is no fixed payment window for LFASS payments in the EU regulations. The Scottish Government indicated to the farming industry some time ago that because of the link between the schemes, and the challenges of implementing an unprecedently complex Common Agricultural Policy reform in its first year, LFASS payments in 2016 could be subject to some delay compared with previous years. The government is aiming to minimise this and we will update stakeholders when we meet later this week. Health and Social Care Graeme Pearson (South Scotland) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be of offering additional training places for GPs in light of reports that 20% of such places were unfilled in August 2015. (S4O-5611) Shona Robison: The additional 100 GP training places is one of a number of actions we are taking to make GP training and a career in general practice more attractive. It signals our commitment to developing the medical workforce we need to deliver our vision for high quality, community based healthcare. Work has already started to expand the training capacity across Scotland, and revise the existing training programmes which this 33% increase will require. It will mean additional GPs training in the community and contributing towards improved patient outcomes. Bob Doris (Glasgow) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Government how it will measure any improvements in the provision of palliative care in relation to its new Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care. (S4O-5612) Maureen Watt: The Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care contains a dedicated commitment to support improvements in the collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of data. Implementation of the strategic framework is underway and the Scottish Government will publish further details of intended future action this summer and information around how we intend to measure improvement. This will include details of further work on measures of the experience of service users, their families and carers. Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Fife regarding the continuation of the Marie Curie Hospice at Home service. (S4O-5613) Maureen Watt: Scottish Government officials have been in touch with the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership about the future of the Marie Curie Fast Track discharge and managed care services. NHS Fife has funded 50 per cent of the Marie Curie overnight nursing service over the last year, and this will continue. In addition, over the last year, Marie Curie and the Oak Foundation have fully funded the fast track and managed care services. Discussions are underway between the Health and Social Care Partnership, Marie Curie and NHS Fife which I understand are expected to conclude by the end of this week. Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the Aberdeen women's hospital and cancer care unit projects. (S4O-5614) Shona Robison: NHS Grampian is continuing to plan the Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre in Aberdeen with the support of the Scottish Government and the Scottish Futures Trust. The planning process involves a wide range of clinical staff and public engagement. The clinical strategies for the new facilities are complete and work is proceeding on the detailed specifications and development of the designs. The planning applications for the new facilities have been submitted. Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards have met the Childsmile Fluoride Varnish targets. (S4W-29756) Maureen Watt: NHS boards were required by March 2014 to meet a target of 60% of children aged three years old and four years old receiving two or more fluoride varnish (FV) treatments in 2013-14 for all quintiles of deprivation. The target required a 60% achievement rate in each of the five quintiles. Most boards concentrated on the most deprived quintiles; in the majority of NHS boards, children living in the most deprived quintiles (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivations 1 and 2) were the most likely to receive FV. Two NHS boards (NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Shetland) met the 60% target for two or more FV treatments. However, most boards have been reasonably successful in children receiving one application of FV. Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government whether changes in the behaviour of practitioners led to the decision to introduce the unannounced inspection of dental practices and, if so, what these were. (S4W-29947) Maureen Watt: No. The amendment to allow unannounced practice inspections, was included as one of a number of amendments to the NHS (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations. Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the unannounced inspection of dental practices will achieve. (S4W-29948) Maureen Watt: Unannounced inspections of dental practices will improve patient safety by allowing NHS boards to respond to specific concerns, such as infection control incidents. Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how often practitioners will be subject to the unannounced inspection of dental practices. (S4W-29949) Maureen Watt: All NHS dental practices are subject to a routine inspection by the health board on a three-year cycle. An unannounced inspection will be made if, following a routine inspection, a patient safety issue has arisen and needs to be followed up by the board, or where the NHS board receives information that necessitates immediate further investigation. Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that people who have had gender reassignment can have their new gender reflected in their medical records. (S4W-30015) Maureen Watt: When a request to change details resulting from a change of gender is received, the patient's GP shall inform NHS National
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