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Scottish Government Thursday 09 August 2018 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Education, Communities and Justice Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of meetings and discussions held between ministers and officials and (a) Planning Democracy and (b) Planning Aid Scotland in the last five years, and what was discussed. (S5W-17733) Kevin Stewart: All Ministerial engagements are proactively published on the Scottish Government website at the following address. https://beta.gov.scot/publications/?term=Ministerial engagements&publicationTypes=transparency_data. Scottish Government officials meet regularly with a wide range of stakeholders to discuss a range of topics and inform the ongoing process of planning reform. Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been employed in local government in each year since 2011, broken down by (a) gender and (b)other protected characteristics, and what work it has undertaken to assess the impact of any fluctuations on the diversity of the workforce. (S5W-17736) Kevin Stewart: Information on number of people employed in local government, based on National Accounts definitions, in each quarter since Q1 2011 are published in the Scottish Government National Statistics Publication, ‘Public Sector Employment in Scotland: Statistics for 1 st Quarter 2018’ and associated web tables. The latest version of this publication, published on 12 June 2018, can be found at: https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/06/5418. Estimates for total Local Government Headcount and full-time equivalent employment by gender, including individual estimates for individual Local Authorities, Valuation Joint Boards and Regional Transport Partnerships, can be found at the workbook published at the following link: https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour- Market/PublicSectorEmployment/PSEwebtables Estimates for Local Government Headcount for Youths (16-24) are collected annually and can be found in the same publication. Information for youths employed in local government were not collected centrally prior to Q1 2013. There are no other estimates of employment in local government by other protected characteristics. It is for Local Authorities to ensure they are compliant with legislation governing equality in employment. In relation to the specific equality duties, listed public authorities, including Local Authorities and the Scottish Government are independently responsible for the implementation of Equality Duties. The role of monitoring and compliance of the duties falls to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Scottish Government has no locus to intervene. Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what type of weapons have been seized in Hamilton Sheriff Court in each of the last five years. (S5W-17978) Humza Yousaf: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court and Tribunals Service (SCTS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCTS who reply in writing within 20 days. Health and Social Care Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) transobturator mesh tape, (b) prolapse mesh, (c) retropubic mesh tape for incontinence, (d) transobturator mesh tape for incontinence, (e) transvaginal mesh for prolapse, (f) transabdominal mesh for vaginal prolapse and (g) transabdominal mesh for rectal prolapse (rectopexy) procedures have been carried out by each NHS board in each month since June 2014. (S5W-17831) Jeane Freeman: Information broken down to the level requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. However, the total number of operations for SUI and POP, involving mesh tape inserted transvaginally, are shown in the following table. Mesh tape insertion for SUI Transvaginal mesh for POP 2013-14 1,147 107 2014-15 400 21 2015-16 186 14 2016-17 110 19 Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS spends on supplying incontinence pads. (S5W-17850) Jeane Freeman: This is a matter for individual Health Boards. The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government how many patient bed places there are in each hospital in the NHS Highland area. (S5W-17876) Jeane Freeman: Information is not available centrally on ‘patient bed places’. The following table shows the average number of available staffed beds for all specialties during quarter ending March 2018 within NHS Highland. Table 1: Average number of available staffed beds for all specialties by acute hospital and NHS Highland, quarter ending March 2018. Hospital Name Average available staffed beds NHS Highland 1,020 Belford Hospital 35 Caithness General Hospital 43 Lorn & Islands Hospital 54 Raigmore Hospital 446 Note that figures for individual hospitals presented do not add up the total for the NHS Board as the NHS Board total is based on all hospitals including non acute hospitals. Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government how many bed days were lost due to delayed discharge in each hospital in the NHS Highland area in each year since 2011-12. (S5W-17877) Jeane Freeman: The following table shows the numbers requested from hospitals in NHS Highland for all delay reasons over the period July 2016 to June 2018. Due to revised data definitions and national reporting requirements information on delayed bed days prior to July 2016 is not available. July 2016 - June July 2017 - June Hospital of delay 2017 2018 Argyll and Bute Hospital 209 31 Belford Hospital 1,248 635 Caithness General Hospital 1,491 1,377 Campbeltown Hospital 922 716 County Community Hospital Invergordon 4,255 4,362 Cowal Community Hospital 823 739 Dunbar Hospital 1,085 266 Ian Charles Cottage Hospital 873 929 Islay Hospital - 128 Lawson Memorial Hospital 2,434 980 Lorn & Islands Hospital 2,248 4,295 Mackinnon Memorial Hospital 679 492 Mid-Argyll Community Hospital and Integrated 1,406 1,821 Care Centre Migdale Hospital 2,273 1,648 Mull and Iona Community Hospital 52 159 Nairn Town and County Hospital 2,001 1,813 New Craigs Hospital 5,838 2,704 Portree Hospital 1,405 592 Raigmore Hospital 8,006 8,452 RNI Community Hospital 6,054 5,028 Ross Memorial Hospital 1,694 2,203 St Vincent's Hospital 897 329 Victoria Hospital 118 149 Wick Town and County Hospital 3,239 1,755 NHS Highland total 49,250 41,603 The hospital of delay represents the location of delay as recorded at the monthly data submission date to which all bed days within the month are assigned. Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government how many patients living in the NHS Highland area were transferred to hospitals in other NHS board areas in each year since 2011-12. (S5W-17878) Jeane Freeman: The number of patients resident in the NHS Highland area admitted to a NHS Highland hospital and subsequently transferred during their hospital stay to hospitals in other NHS board areas is shown in the following table. Table 1: Number of patients resident in the NHS Highland area admitted to a NHS Highland hospital and subsequently transferred during their hospital stay to hospitals in other NHS board areas. Financial Year Number of patients 2010-11 391 2011-12 335 2012-13 259 2013-14 281 2014-15 311 2015-16 320 2016-17 306 2017-18 294 Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01 Date extracted: 02-08-2018 Ref: IR2018-01276 Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Scottish Stroke Care Audit report, which highlights that there are no hospitals in Scotland that offer thrombectomy procedures, whether any provision been made towards transferring eligible stroke patients to hospitals that can perform the procedure in the north of England or Northern Ireland. (S5W-17887) Jeane Freeman: Mechanisms already exist for cross border arrangements for treatments to be provided outside Scotland and home Board areas. A Directors of Planning Thrombectomy Advisory Group (TAG) is developing a national planning framework for the provision of thrombectomy for Scotland. The development of the framework will consider all the elements required to deliver the service, taking account of evidence, and will include for example: referral criteria, pathways for patients, workforce, facilities, training and education and possible cross border arrangements. The framework is expected to be produced by spring 2019. Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17582 by Jeane Freeman on 23 July 2018, which specialist treatment centres there are in Scotland that cover all necessary services for patients with Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), including dermatology, ophthalmology, audiology, neurology and clinical psychology. (S5W-17896) Jeane Freeman: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an extremely rare disease affecting around 100 people across the UK. The treatment and supervision for this condition is highly specialised and is best delivered through specialist hospital services which can provide expert advice to fit the particular needs of the patient concerned.
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