- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional ambulance and paramedic services will be put in place in rural communities in South Ayrshire following the decision to retain accident and emergency services at Ayr Hospital.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-767 on 18 June 2007. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the budget allocated for the (a) building and (b) running of the new community hospital in Girvan.
Answer
NHS Ayrshire and Arran have advised the Executive that the capital budget allocatedfor the new community hospital building in Girvan will be around £20 million andthe running costs will be £3.65 million.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the new community hospital in Girvan will be completed.
Answer
NHS Ayrshire and Arran have advised that the new community hospital in Girvanwill be completed in August 2009.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the budget allocated to expand facilities at East Ayrshire Community Hospital.
Answer
This is a matter forNHS Ayrshire and Arran, taking account of the work underway to reviseits
Review of Services proposals, as referred to in the answer to questionS3W-752 on 18 June 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: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to increase the uptake of free school meals in (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentsupports Education Authorities to promote uptake of school meals by making fundsavailable through the National Priorities Action Fund and sharing good practicethrough the Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit. The Schools (Health Promotionand Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 places a duty on all education authoritiesto promote the uptake of school meals, and in particular free school meals. This duty will commence in August 2008 andprogress will be monitored by HM Inspectorate of Education.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether additional ambulance and paramedic services will be stationed in Cumnock following the decision to retain accident and emergency services at Ayr Hospital.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-767 on 18 June 2007. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be made available for the Scottish Ambulance Service to provide additional ambulance and paramedic services in rural south Ayrshire following the decision to retain accident and emergency services at Ayr Hospital.
Answer
As I outlined in mystatement in the Chamber on 6 June 2007, I have instructedthe board of NHS Ayrshire and Arran to review their original plans and to producerevised proposals that will enable Accident and Emergency services to continue atboth sites in Ayrshire. I am clear that, as far as possible within the resourcesavailable to the board, I want them to retain their primary care and community developmentprogrammes.
I recognise that there are many issues to address, forexample relating to clinical workload and staffing. I want these challenges to befaced up to in a way that puts patients first and is innovative. I would expectthe Scottish Ambulance Service to be fully involved as the board takes this importantwork forward so that it may be ready to ensure that any resource consequences areaccommodated.
It is a matter forthe board to determine how best to deliver these services and to produce proposals.Their proposals will then undergo a process of independent scrutiny, following whichI expect to take a decision by the turn of the year.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the accident and emergency facility at Ayr Hospital will be supported on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis by the provision of (a) general surgery 24/7 receiving services, (b) general medical 24/7 receiving services (including provision for admissions of older people), (c) orthopaedic surgery 24/7 receiving services, (d) anaesthetics services on a 24/7 basis, including general critical care services, (e) radiology services on a 24/7 basis, (f) paediatric receiving services, (g) obstetric receiving services and (h) gynaecology receiving services.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-752 on 18 June 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website; the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional staff, and at what grades, will require to be recruited to continue to provide a full accident and emergency service at both Ayr and Crosshouse hospitals.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-752 on 18 June 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: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when building work will commence on the new community hospital in Girvan.
Answer
NHS Ayrshire and Arran have advised that building work on the new communityhospital in Girvan will commence in January 2008, subject to appropriate statutoryapproval being obtained.
