Results 281–300 of 2410 for speaker:Maureen Watt

Scottish Parliament: Suicidal Thoughts (Young People) (24 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: As Michelle Ballantyne might know, we were the first Administration to introduce targets for waiting times for CAMHS: we introduced a 90 per cent target for 18 weeks referral to treatment. Although some health boards are making real progress on reducing their waiting times, we are not yet seeing the consistency that I would like in movement towards meeting the targets and sustaining that....

Scottish Parliament: Suicidal Thoughts (Young People) (24 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: As I said in my first answer, we have already commenced a review of personal and social education in schools. It is not just teachers who are involved in that; everyone who is involved in schools is involved. For example, Education Scotland is rolling out to all local authorities Scottish mental health first aid—SMHFA—training for children and young people, and some of the extra money is...

Scottish Parliament: Suicidal Thoughts (Young People) (24 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: As Maree Todd has pointed out, mental health is a priority for the Scottish Government, as we have shown by our increased investment of £150 million. That investment includes £54 million to support the reduction in waiting times, £4.6 million to Healthcare Improvement Scotland to work with health boards to improve service capacity and increase the supply and training of the workforce, £10...

Scottish Parliament: NHS Lanarkshire (Meetings) ( 4 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: Ministers and Scottish Government officials regularly meet representatives of all health boards, including NHS Lanarkshire, to discuss matters of importance to local people.

Scottish Parliament: NHS Lanarkshire (Meetings) ( 4 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: I have been made aware of the situation, and I am happy to meet the member to discuss it further, if she so wishes. I think that she knows that the health and social care partnerships in South and North Lanarkshire are working together to agree on how to make best use of local palliative care services and supports to meet their populations’ needs. Earlier this year, NHS Lanarkshire...

Scottish Parliament: NHS Lanarkshire (Meetings) ( 4 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: As the member knows, NHS agency spend is an extremely small part of the overall health budget. As he also knows, we are currently working on NHS workforce planning. In relation to Linda Fabiani’s question, perhaps the member would like to join me in congratulating nurses in the field of palliative care and in recognising a report from the University of Bath, the lead author of which says...

Scottish Parliament: NHS Lanarkshire (Meetings) ( 4 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: I am not aware of that issue about ward 18, but I am happy to investigate the issue and write to the member with information on it.

Scottish Parliament: Prescription of Stimulants (Under-10s) ( 3 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government has worked with a number of organisations to help reduce the stigma faced by people with mental health problems. As that stigma has reduced, it is welcome that more people and families have come forward for help with mental health problems. We believe that that is a positive sign that people feel more able to come forward to get help. The rise in the number of...

Scottish Parliament: Prescription of Stimulants (Under-10s) ( 3 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: I thank the member very much for sharing his experience of ADHD with the Parliament this afternoon. He is absolutely right. More children and young people have ADHD than are coming forward. Fewer people are prescribed drugs and more are given alternative therapies. I thank the member for showing that medication has an important part to play, but I re-emphasise that it is prescribed in...

Scottish Parliament: Prescription of Stimulants (Under-10s) ( 3 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: As the member knows, the first of the 40 actions in the mental health strategy is a review of personal and social education in schools. Some schools already provide access to school-based counselling while others use the skills of pastoral staff and liaise with educational psychology services. We want to make sure that all children and young people get the support that they need to reach...

Scottish Parliament: Prescription of Stimulants (Under-10s) ( 3 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: As I said in my answer to Daniel Johnson, access to services is available through schools. The Scottish Government has worked with Education Scotland to produce “The Matrix: A Guide to Delivering Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies in Scotland”, a section in which is dedicated to ADHD. Drugs for ADHD are prescribed in line with good clinical practice, under on-going supervision and...

Scottish Parliament: Prescription of Stimulants (Under-10s) ( 3 Oct 2017)

Maureen Watt: Under this Government, the number of CAMHS psychological posts has more than doubled and the overall number of CAMHS professionals has increased by 65 per cent to almost 1,000 full-time equivalent staff.

Scottish Parliament: Mental Health Care (28 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: A key section in the mental health strategy deals with prevention and early intervention, and a range of actions in the strategy are aimed at ensuring that children and young people, including those with a learning disability and/or autism, have good mental health and that agencies act early enough when issues emerge and impact on young lives. In addition, the Scottish strategy for autism has...

Scottish Parliament: Mental Health Care (28 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: The learning disability and autism in-patient unit is in the early planning stages, and a report by the short-life working group is due in March 2018. Health boards continue to provide learning disability child and adolescent mental health services to those who require them, including a range of forms of specialist support in the community. If in-patient services are required, a range of...

Scottish Parliament: General Practice (Recruitment) (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: Will the member give way?

Scottish Parliament: General Practice (Recruitment) (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate on this important subject, which Jamie Greene has raised. I thank members for participating and for the issues that they have raised. The public and members of every party recognise the great work that our health professionals across NHS Scotland do. I welcome that recognition, which we share. As Colin Smyth said, GP practices are at the...

Scottish Parliament: General Practice (Recruitment) (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: The pension issue is a real problem, which Alex Neil was right to highlight. He first encountered it when he was working as health secretary. It is absolutely disgraceful for Tory members to dismiss Brexit, because we know that it will have a direct effect on the Scottish workforce. People from the European Union who choose to live here, including doctors, nurses and others who provide...

Scottish Parliament: General Practice (Recruitment) (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: We are committed to bringing the proportion of the NHS budget up to 11 per cent. The GP contract is under negotiation, so it would be wrong to go into any detail on that. We have increased funding fivefold for GP recruitment and retention this year, to £5 million, and that is part of the overall £71.6 million package of investment this year in direct support for general practice.

Scottish Parliament: General Practice (Recruitment) (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: The member mentioned health boards; he knows that it is up to them to deliver Government policy according to the needs of their local populations. Across the country, GP practices and multidisciplinary teams are working together to give patients access to the right person at the right time. I will make sure that the member’s particular question about single-GP practices is replied to. As...

Scottish Parliament: Borders Talking Newspapers (14 Sep 2017)

Maureen Watt: I do not know what happened there.


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