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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S5W-29057

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding to tackle COVID-19 has been given to each NHS board.

The Scottish Government has made available additional funding for frontline Boards of £333 million through the Scottish Budget, and this has now been allocated in full to support our health and care services. This funding is detailed in the table below and will be prioritised towards responding to Covid-19 and will ensure that patient safety remains the top priority.

The Scottish Government has published in its Summer Budget Revision the details of the £620 million in health and social care COVID-19 consequentials that have been received so far, and that have been allocated in full to support our frontline health and care services. In addition, we remain in close contact with the UK Government to ensure that the NHS receives whatever resources it needs, in line with the commitment made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

NHS Boards	Additional funding 2021-22 £m
Ayrshire and Arran	22.2
Borders	6.4
Dumfries and Galloway	9.2
Fife	22.2
Forth Valley	17.3
Grampian	29.5
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	68.9
Highland	20.7
Lanarkshire	36.9
Lothian	57.4
Orkney	1.5
Shetland	1.6
Tayside	23.5
Western Isles	2.3
National Waiting Times Centre	1.7
Scottish Ambulance Service	8.1
The State Hospital	1.1
NHS 24	2.1
Total	332.8

Question reference: S5W-29058

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what clinical guidance has been issued to NHS boards on the admittance of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 into hospital.

Question reference: S5W-29059

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what information has been recorded regarding the length of time between a patient first presenting with suspected COVID-19 and them being admitted to hospital.

Question reference: S5W-29402

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has provided on DNR (do not resuscitate) forms put in place for individual patients during the COVID-19 outbreak.

On the 10 April, the Chief Medical Officer, Chair of the Scottish General Practitioners Committee of the BMA and Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) wrote to GPs to provide advice and support on having anticipatory care planning conversations and to make clear that there is no requirement for health professionals to have a DNACPR discussion as part of this conversation, unless the patient wishes to discuss it or clinician feels strongly it is necessary to raise in conversation for the patient’s wellbeing. On the 17 April, a further joint letter from the Scottish Government’s Chief Medical Officer, BMA and RCGP was sent to GPs to reinforce the advice already provided.

Question reference: S5W-29408

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many retired medics have expressed an interest in returning to support the NHS during the COVID-19 outbreak.

There have been 441 retired medics who have expressed an interest in returning to support the NHS as a doctor during the COVID-19 outbreak through the Accelerated Recruitment Portal.

This information is based on self-declarations and may be subject to revision as formal pre-employment checks are carried out.

This figure does not include retired medics who may have expressed their interest directly with an NHS Board, as these figures are not held centrally. This also does not include retired medics who expressed an interest in non patient clinical roles.

Question reference: S5W-29403

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many DNR (do not resuscitate) forms have been signed in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-29405

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what legal advice it sought regarding DNR (do not resuscitate) forms put in place for individual patients during the COVID-19 outbreak.

There has been no change to the guidance on the use of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary (DNACPR) forms during the Covid 19 outbreak. As such, the Scottish Government has not sought legal advice on the existing DNACPR guidance during the Covid 19 outbreak.

In 2016, the DNACPR policy was reviewed to reflect feedback and changes in the national good practice guidance which remains current (Decisions Relating to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - guidance from the British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing and the Resuscitation Council ( UK) - 2016). This policy also takes into account relevant legal changes resulting from case law and therefore specialist legal advice was provided as part of the formation of the policy.

Question reference: S5W-29404

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it had with professional representational organisations regarding the guidelines for DNR (do not resuscitate) forms put in place for individual patients during the COVID-19 outbreak.

There has been no change to the guidance on the use of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary (DNACPR) forms during the Covid 19 outbreak. As such, the Scottish Government has not formally consulted with professional representational organisations on the existing DNACPR guidance during the Covid 19 outbreak.

The Scottish Government continues to work closely with a wide variety of professional groups and organisations in responding to the challenges posed by the Covid 19 outbreak.

Question reference: S5T-02243

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it did not immediately publish details of the number of patients who have contracted COVID-19 in hospital.

Question reference: S5W-29131

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many care homes have had their registration cancelled by the Care Inspectorate in each year since 2007 due to a failure to achieve standards, and how many such failures have been recorded since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Inspection Year	Total
2016-17	1
2017-18	2
2018-19	4
2019/20	1