This information is not held centrally. Figures on violence and aggression towards NHS Scotland staff are collated by Health Boards, in line with the relevant policies and procedures.

The following table, from Justice Analytical Services provides data on convictions between 2008-09 and 2017-18 under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005.

The majority of Lyme disease cases can be diagnosed and treated in primary care without the need for specialist input, however where specialist input is needed such cases would be cared for by Infectious Disease Consultants.

Increasing awareness amongst the public of ticks and Lyme disease is an on-going priority for the Lyme Borreliosis group which is part of the Scottish Health Protection Network. The group has produced a number of educational resources for the public which can be accessed at: https://www.nhsinform.scot/bugs-and-germs .

Guidance on the prescribing, and the reviewing of prescriptions, of methadone, and other opioid substitute therapies is available to all NHS Boards through the 'Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management' (2017 Clinical Guidelines). These guidelines were commissioned by the Chief Medical Officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and updated in 2017.

The 2017 Clinical Guidelines were designed to guide clinicians and commissioners in the provision of the right balance of interventions, which have the greatest likelihood to produce individual benefit and public good.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-24020 on 22 July 2019. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-24020 on 22 July 2019. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

No information is collected specifically on how many specialist dementia beds have been available in each year since 2007, either nationally or broken down by NHS Board.

The following table, published by NHS National Services Scotland, shows the availability of psychiatry of old age beds by NHS Board for years 2008-9 to 2017-18.

Dementia patients account for the majority of bed occupancies. A one-off Scottish Government audit showed there were 1,886 psychiatry of old age specialist beds identified as for people with dementia in 2014.

The trends are in line with broader Scottish Government policies, including the three National Dementia Strategies and the integration of health and social care, to shift the balance of care, strengthen integrated community care and enable more people with dementia to live a good quality of life at home or in a homely environment for longer.

Number of cases with eating disorder diagnoses1 by health board of treatment, 2007 - 2017.

Performance data for psychological therapies is reported at an aggregate level, therefore information is not held centrally on the number of people who have accessed CBT by NHS Board since 2007.

Through Road Safety Scotland, which is part of Transport Scotland, we are already committed partners in the Good Egg In-car Safety campaign. Over the past 18 years, we have played a major role in campaigning on child car seats. We have provided valuable advice to parents and carers, offering child car-seat checks across Scotland. A guide and website are integral to the campaign and address the whole range of issues relating to child car seats, including encouragement for those who travel with young children to use extended rear-facing car seats.

The Scottish Government’s Cancer Strategy ‘Beating Cancer: Ambition and Action’ sets out our £100 million ambition to support everyone in Scotland with a cancer diagnosis. Following the successful Transforming Care After Treatment programme, we are continuing to work with Macmillan to ensure the commitments set out in the cancer strategy are delivered.