- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the options in the Mott MacDonald report, The Future of Fire Service Control Rooms in Scotland, to reduce the number of control rooms from eight to three or less, it will confirm whether it intends that the existing level of control rooms should be retained.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4738 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce the number of fire service control rooms.
Answer
Following an analysisof responses to an earlier consultation exercise in respect of the future of firecontrol rooms, the Minister for Justice of the previous Executive announced on 1June 2006 that the matter should be further considered as part of a wider reviewof Scotland’s preparedness to deal with simultaneous major emergencies. The emergencypreparedness review team has completed its report which is being considered by ministers.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the process of self-regulation, whereby property owners and occupants are responsible for ensuring that non-domestic premises comply with fire safety legislation, contradicts the principle of community fire safety being the responsibility of the fire and rescue services.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4742 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider returning to the fire and rescue services the responsibility for inspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislation.
Answer
Responsibility forinspecting non-domestic premises to ensure that they comply with fire safety legislationstill sits with the fire and rescue services in the majority of cases. Informationabout the new legislation is available at
www.infoscotland.com/firelaw.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3802 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what the proposed catchment areas are for emergency medical admissions to (a) St John’s Hospital, (b) the Western General Hospital and (c) the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I understand fromNHS Lothian that they are currently preparing a plan to change the catchment areas.The details are still being worked on and the board expect to implement the plan in February 2008.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3797 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what aspects of NHS Lothian’s Improving Care, Investing in Change plans have still to be implemented.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4845 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3802 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what changes to patient numbers are anticipated following the new proposed catchment areas for (a) St John’s Hospital, (b) the Western General Hospital and (c) the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4848 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3797 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what aspects of NHS Lothian’s Improving Care, Investing in Change plans have been implemented.
Answer
Action plans from “ImprovingCare, Investing in Change” covered a wide range of options for service change inacute services, older people’s services and mental health services.I understand that NHS Lothianhave implemented a number of schemes and full details of the changes together withprogress reports can be found in NHS Lothian’s website
www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3800 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, what the difference is between intensive therapy unit services and critical care capability.
Answer
Intensive therapyunit services are a subset of critical care capability. The term “critical care”is generally used to describe all levels of clinical support required for seriouslyill patients and encompasses routine monitoring after major surgery, high dependencycare, and intensive care. Intensive care is normally delivered in intensive therapyunits. Where necessary, it includes ventilation of the patient; support and treatmentfor multiple organ failure, and extensive and constant monitoring of vital functions.
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3799 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 September 2007, whom NHS Lothian consulted prior to making the decision that colorectal surgery would be relocated from the Western General Hospital to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-4840 on 18 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
