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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S5W-18955

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been to access hearing aid maintenance support in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-18980

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients from Scotland have been treated in the NHS in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in each year since 2007.

The following tables show the number of people from Scotland who have received treatment in hospitals in other parts of the UK in each year since 1999. The data across the UK is not directly comparable due to differences in data definitions.

Information is provided in the following table on the number of finished admission episodes for patients resident in Scotland who have received healthcare from the NHS in England since 1999.

Year	Finished Admission Episodes
1999-2000	5,427
2000-2001	5,804
2001-2002	5,628
2002-2003	5,851
2003-2004	6,548
2004-2005	6,998
2005-2006	7,378
2006-2007	7,518
2007-2008	7,371
2008-2009	7,326
2009-2010	7,671
2010-2011	7,811
2011-2012	7,574
2012-2013	7,449
2013-2014	7,201
2014-2015	7,020
2015-2016	6,578
2016-2017	6,564
2017-2018	6,595

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital (England)

Question reference: S5W-18981

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS apprenticeships there have been in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

This information is not held centrally. Further information may be sought directly from NHS Scotland Health Boards.

Youth employment returns issued to the Scottish Government indicate that NHS Scotland Boards employed 556 new modern apprentices in the period 1 August 2014 – 31st March 2018.

Furthermore, health boards across Scotland routinely meet and exceed annual requirement to provide 1 new youth employment opportunity for every 100 employees, pursuant to Scottish Government’s National Youth Employment Strategy “Developing the Young Workforce”.

Question reference: S5W-18982

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of student nurses did not complete their courses before graduation in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-18965

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

The following table shows the number of new cases of diabetes amongst those aged 0 to 19 in each year from 2009 to 2016.

Type 2 diabetes: Number of new cases, age 0-19

Age	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
0 to 9	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10 to 19	22	18	10	21	8	19	20	17

Source: Scottish Diabetes Survey 2016, NHS Scotland: Scottish Diabetes Survey Monitoring Group

The survey does not present the number of cases for this age group broken down by NHS Board. The number of cases prior to 2009 is also not available.

Question reference: S5W-18987

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have presented at A&E with alcohol intoxication in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

A flag to indicate if alcohol was involved in an A&E admission was introduced into the A&E datamart in July 2010.

The ‘alcohol involved’ flag is optional and currently poorly recorded or not recorded at all by some NHS Boards. For this reason, the data requested cannot be reliably provided. ISD are working with NHS Boards to try and improve the quality and completeness of recording this data item.

Alcohol-related hospital discharge statistics are published annually by (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland. The latest report , was published on the 21st November 2017.

Question reference: S5W-18988

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS consultants who are not resident in Scotland have worked in the NHS in each year since 2007, and how much has been spent on meeting their (a) travel costs and (b) accommodation, both also broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-18986

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have had their stomach pumped in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

The following table shows the number of gastric lavage procedures carried out in Scotland in each year since 2007 when a person has been admitted to hospital. Due to changes in clinical practice, gastric lavage is not generally carried out within an A&E department but these figures will not include any that may have been. Due to the small number of cases, it is not possible to provide a breakdown by NHS Board.

Number of gastric lavage procedures carried out in inpatient/day case setting, Scotland, 2007 to 2017

Year	Gastric Lavage Procedures
2007	24
2008	130
2009	73
2010	61
2011	90
2012	104
2013	94
2014	88
2015	92
2016	21
2017	30

Source: SMR01 general acute admission and discharge record, ISD Scotland

Question reference: S5W-18964

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have gained a place on drug rehabilitation programmes in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-18971

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on defending claims against the NHS where liability has been admitted and settled out of court in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board.

The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government. Where a claim for compensation is made and settlement is agreed the information held under the Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme (CNORIS) does not distinguish as to whether liability had been admitted or not.

The CNORIS annual report provides summary details of the number and value of claims made during the financial year, along with historical values. The annual reports are published online at: