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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 ��˿�� to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S6W-13966

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the Near Me service.

Question reference: S6W-14099

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have accessed computerised cognitive behavioural therapies (cCBT) in each year since 2017, broken down by NHS board.

Patient referrals and self-referrals to cCBT services from 2017 to 2022, by Board.

BOARD	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	713	1992	2193	2268	3829	4208
NHS Borders	279	356	562	609	574	673
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	256	288	253	465	818	968
NHS Fife	976	914	1004	1899	3325	2689
NHS Forth Valley	1193	1010	1162	2317	4254	4381
NHS Grampian	1753	1599	2343	2221	4241	5464
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	115	2187	3695	4811	7779	10195
NHS Highland	147	231	376	986	2895	3498
NHS Lanarkshire	2348	2187	2067	4258	7192	6016
NHS Lothian	1930	4485	6351	7238	9343	12888
NHS Orkney	67	41	110	169	206	183
NHS Shetland	96	135	149	222	266	224
NHS Tayside	925	1239	2102	2416	3558	4389
NHS Western Isles	0	31	18	18	132	126
TOTALS	10798	16695	22385	29897	48412	55902

In addition cCBT also offered to Health and Care staff through self-referral, not recorded by Board.

YEAR	Self-Referrals
2020	3472
2021	6364
2022	10261

Question reference: S6W-14087

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the provision of computerised cognitive behavioural therapies (cCBT) in each year since 2017, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-13955

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13496 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, how many (a) health and social care partnerships and (b) provider representative organisations it has worked with to deliver webinars for social care employers, and what plans it has to engage with any such remaining organisations.

Officials hosted webinars which took place week commencing‎ 9 January to offer additional support to providers in applying PR and Marketing approaches at a local level, based on their specific need, and to share more insight into the alternative recruitment routes available, such as Apprenticeship and Employability programmes.

These events were optional and open to all providers across social care sector. Invitations were issued to providers through CCPS and Scottish Care.

We plan to review the feedback provided on these webinars to assess the interest for further webinars to be hosted, consider how these may be improved in the future and what additional topics participates would be keen for these to cover.

Question reference: S6W-13894

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has introduced to tackle drugs misuse in the veterans community in Scotland.

The Scottish Government is investing £250 million in the National Drugs Mission over the life of the Parliament to save and improve lives of people who use drugs, including veterans. For the first time this year we will have data on the number of veterans accessing drug and alcohol treatment services, using the new Drug and Alcohol Information System (DAISy). We will use this data to inform our work to better meet the needs of veterans who use drugs to support them to achieve their recovery goals.

Question reference: S6W-13886

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to establish a distinctive Scottish approach to veterans’ health at a strategic level.

The Scottish Government works with key veteran stakeholders, NHS Armed Forces and Veterans Champions and through the Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans Health Joint Group to ensure we create the conditions for and drive forward progress towards the ‘Distinctive Scottish Approach to Veterans Health’ as set out by the Scottish Veterans Commissioner.

The action taken by Scottish Government against this set of recommendations can be found here

Question reference: S6W-13885

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the number of Veterans Champions.

The work of Armed Forces and Veterans Champions throughout Scotland is crucial to ensuring veterans can access the right support, guidance and services. The Scottish Government supports fully the work of the Champions in public sector organisations including Police Scotland, Local Authorities, the NHS, Department for Work and Pensions and Higher and Further Education institutions. I am chairing a roundtable with Local Authority Champions in late January.

We would encourage any service delivery organisation providing support to veterans to consider developing a veterans champion role.

Question reference: S6W-13887

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to reinvigorate senior participation in cross-border networks with a view to improved information sharing about veterans.

Question reference: S6W-14098

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Digital Health and Care Strategy, how it has developed the provision of computerised cognitive behavioural therapies (cCBT).

We established the Digital Mental Health Programme in late 2020 to oversee ongoing development of cCBT and other digital mental health services. The development and expansion of digital services was supported by a national implementation team.

The number of available cCBT treatments has increased from 1 in 2019 to 27 in 2022. The introduction of self-referral treatments, Sleepio and Daylight have greatly increased access to digital treatments with 25,668 self-referrals in 2022, compared to 12,356 the year before.

These numbers continue to rise, with usage of cCBT programs increasing from 22,385 in 2020 to 66,163 in 2022. We continue to invest in the long term sustainability of digital therapies (including cCBT), including innovation, staff training, evaluation and inclusion.

Question reference: S6W-13901

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Scotland and its partners identify veterans as a distinct group in their work in tackling health inequalities.

We recognise that veterans may have specific health needs as a result of their military service. Scottish Government works with key partners, including NHS Armed Forces and Veterans Champions to ensure that veterans are identified as a distinct group to ensure their needs are met within the healthcare system.

As a result of a project in NHS Fife, it was agreed at the UK wide MoD/ Department of Health and Social Care Partnership Board that a single code identifying veterans within primary care records be used.

In addition, as part of our commitment to establish a GP’s Armed Forces and Veterans Recognition Scheme, we have developed a training package for health and social care staff, working in general practices to help them understand the specific health needs that veterans can present with.

YEAR	TOTAL
2017	£294,250
2018	£294,250
2019	£382,019
2020	£1,569,800
2021	£2,246,663
2022	£3,437,300