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The Scottish Government expects all Health Boards to ensure appropriate referral and testing for Lynch syndrome occurs for all patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer before the age of 60.

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

Access to GP services is an important issue for the Scottish Government and I’m aware that many of general practices have, for many years, adjusted appointment arrangements in order to try to prioritise urgency, and support quality and continuity of patient care.

We recognise that local situations vary and so practice partners are responsible for designing their own patient appointment and consultation arrangements. We expect them to use their professional judgement to make decisions which enable them to run the best possible service and deliver for their patient needs. GPs are encouraged to develop technology and deploy the talents of their staff appropriately to introduce new, innovative ways of working to benefit their patients by prioritising urgency, and supporting quality and continuity of patient care.

This is a matter for individual Health Boards. The information requested is not held centrally.

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

NHS boards have various means of supporting independently contracted practices which request assistance. We expect Health Boards to work with practices as constructively and as flexibly as is appropriate to ensure that all patients have access to GP services. The Scottish Government is aware of concerns around recruitment issues in Scotland, these will be taken into account as the 2017 GMS contract negotiations go forward.

A report on the Specialist Nursing and Care Fund which will summarise the outcome of NHS Board reviews of their specialist nursing services will be published shortly. The report will also focus on how the additional investment from the fund has been used by NHS Boards.

Information on how many complaints regarding GP surgeries by each NHS Board since 1999 is not held centrally.

The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland publishes information submitted by NHS Boards about complaints relating to Family Health Services (FHS). Five broad service/contractor types are included within the FHS complaints statistics: Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical, Ophthalmic and Administration. This information can be found at .

When reviewing these statistics it is worthwhile to note that the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 and the Regulations and Directions made under Section 15 of the Act put new complaints arrangements in place, including requirements to record, report, review and learn from complaints about Primary Care services.

The Information Services Division (ISD) forms part of a strategic business unit within NHS National Services Scotland.

For the 2016-17 financial year, ISD is forecast to have a break-even position for the budgeted income and expenditure. For the ISD as a whole this is £26.34M. This total can be broken down to pay costs of £23.55M and non-pay costs of £2.79M.

The staff establishment figures for 2016-17 are shown in the following table. This includes the total number of staff broken down into full- and part- time. Also included is the whole time equivalent (WTE) for the total staff number:

Information on how many couples have received NHS IVF treatment who have children from a previous relationship in each year since 1999 is not held or collected centrally by Information Services Division.

This information is not held centrally.

Children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) will generally be treated in the community. There may be times when it is necessary to admit them to hospital for specialist treatment. Should this be the case they would be admitted to one of the three regional CAMHS inpatient units. There are however occasions when a young person is admitted to an adult ward. This may happen for example when it may be clinically judged to be more appropriate to admit that young person to an adult ward or the young person and their family have a preference for an admission to a local adult ward.