- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on examining whether there is a case for establishing a norovirus reference laboratory.
Answer
The HAI Task Force considered a paper on the establishment of a norovirus reference laboratory in Scotland at its last quarterly meeting held on 30 September 2009. In light of comments made by task force members, a revised paper will be presented at the next meeting of the HAI Task Force on 8 December 2009.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken by Health Facilities Scotland to undertake an audit of facilities for storing excess soiled bedding and clothing.
Answer
An evaluation of storage facilities will be undertaken by NHS boards as part of the Estates Monitoring Tool developed by Health Facilities Scotland. Testing of the tool will begin in January 2010 and monitoring will go live from April 2010.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many single rooms were created in hospitals as part of refurbishment and improvement programmes in 2007 and 2008 and have been created in 2009.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28438, on 5 November 2009. All answers 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of beds in acute hospitals is in single rooms, broken down by health board.
Answer
As part of the work undertaken by a Steering Group considering single room provision in NHS Scotland Information Services Division of National Services Scotland undertook a census of the number of single rooms in Scottish Hospitals during November-December 2006 A summary of provision by NHS board was contained within the Report of the Steering Group which can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/12/04160144/0.
The census did provide information on a hospital basis. There is not however a classification Acute Hospital but there is a category called General Hospitals (mainly acute). The Hospitals covered by the census within that category are provided below on a Health Board basis. A table of the classifications within the category as used by Information Services Division (ISD) within National Services Scotland (NSS) has also been provided below. The Census was conducted by ISD.
| NHS Board | Hospital | % | Class |
| Ayrshire and Arran | Crosshouse Hospital | 30 | A2 |
| Ayr Hospital | 23 | A2 |
| Lady Margaret Hospital | 7 | A5 |
| Davidson Cottage Hospital | 19 | A5 |
| Borders | Borders General Hospital | 27 | A2 |
| Hawick Community Hospital | 50 | A5 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary | 25 | A2 |
| Kirkcudbright Hospital | 14 | A5 |
| Fife | Victoria Hospital | 24 | A2 |
| Queen Margaret Hospital | 23 | A2 |
| St Andrews Memorial Hospital | 15 | A5 |
| Forth Valley | Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary | 43 | A2 |
| Stirling Royal Infirmary | 20 | A2 |
| Grampian | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | 17 | A1 |
| Dr Gray''s Hospital | 44 | A3 |
| Royal Aberdeen Children''s Hospital | 69 | A4 |
| Insch and District War Memorial Hospital | 43 | A5 |
| Peterhead Community Hospital | 20 | A5 |
| Seafield Hospital | 28 | A5 |
| Stephen Cottage Hospital | 48 | A5 |
| Turner Memorial Hospital | 29 | A5 |
| Leanchoil Hospital | 30 | A5 |
| Fleming Cottage Hospital | 46 | A5 |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Glasgow Royal Infirmary | 30 | A1 |
| Western Infirmary/Gartnavel General | 10 | A1 |
| Inverclyde Royal Hospital | 20 | A2 |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital | 22 | A2 |
| Stobhill Hospital | 18 | A2 |
| Victoria Infirmary | 9 | A2 |
| Southern General Hospital | 12 | A2 |
| Vale of Leven General Hospital | 16 | A3 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Glasgow) | 49 | A4 |
| Highland | Raigmore Hospital | 20 | A2 |
| Lorn and Islands District Gen Hospital | 24 | A3 |
| Caithness General Hospital | 30 | A3 |
| Belford Hospital | 26 | A3 |
| Islay Hospital | 32 | A5 |
| Victoria Hospital | 26 | A5 |
| Dunbar Hospital | 13 | A5 |
| Portree Hospital | 50 | A5 |
| Ross Memorial Hospital | 10 | A5 |
| Lanarkshire | Monklands District General Hospital | 26 | A2 |
| Hairmyres Hospital | 20 | A2 |
| Wishaw General Hospital | 29 | A2 |
| Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital | 6 | A5 |
| Kello Hospital | 14 | A5 |
| Lady Home Cottage Hospital | 5 | A5 |
| Lockhart Hospital | 7 | A5 |
| Lothian | Western General Hospital | 26 | A1 |
| Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France | 18 | A1 |
| St John''s Hospital At Howden | 31 | A2 |
| Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Edinburgh) | 43 | A4 |
| Edington Cottage Hospital | 100 | A5 |
| Orkney | Balfour Hospital | 25 | A3 |
| Shetland | Gilbert Bain Hospital | 23 | A3 |
| Tayside | Ninewells Hospital | 26 | A1 |
| Perth Royal Infirmary | 12 | A2 |
| Arbroath Infirmary | 13 | A3 |
| Stracathro Hospital | 16 | A3 |
| St Margaret''s Hospital | 19 | A5 |
| Crieff Community Hospital | 21 | A5 |
| Western Isles | Western Isles Hospital | 20 | A3 |
Source: NHS: National Services Scotland: Information Statistics Division, Census from November-December 2006.
Hospital Classification
| Main Category | Sub Category | Title |
| A | | General Hospitals (mainly acute) |
| | 1 | Teaching hospitals - major teaching hospitals covering a full range of services and with special units. |
| | 2 | Large general hospitals - general hospitals with some teaching units, usually over 250 average staffed beds. |
| | 3 | General hospitals - mixed specialist hospitals (may have maternity units). Consultant type surgery undertaken, usually 250 and under average staffed beds. |
| | 4 | Sick children''s hospitals - large teaching hospitals for children covering a range of medicine and surgery. |
| | 5 | Community hospitals - general practitioner hospitals (may have maternity unit) and visiting consultant clinics but no surgery. |
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the development of an estates monitoring system in conjunction with NHS Scotland.
Answer
The Estates Monitoring Tool will be rolled out to all NHS boards between January and March 2010 and will go live from April 2010. Health Facilities Scotland has also organised training days in December 2009 for the NHS so estates professionals are fully conversant with the new tool.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much grant funding each local authority has provided to community councils in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
It is for each individual local authority to decide the level of funding it awards to the community councils in its area.
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- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to support community councils.
Answer
The Scottish Government, in partnership with COSLA and the Association of Scottish Community Councils (ASCC), are developing a package of measures to raise the profile and effectiveness of community councils throughout Scotland.
A Model Scheme of Establishment of Community Councils and Code of Conduct for Community Councils developed by the Community Council Working Group (CCWG) became available for adoption by local authorities earlier this year. The CCWG also developed a support document in the form of Good Practice Guidance for use by both local authorities and community councils.
Additionally, we have developed and launched three out of six community council pilot projects. The other three pilot projects are in train.
The Scottish Government is committed to the continued progress of community councils in Scotland as it recognises the important role, within the wider community empowerment agenda, that community councils can play in local life.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is provided to community councils by local authorities.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
It is for each individual local authority to decide the level of support that it provides to community councils in its area.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 30 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with utility companies regarding increasing the provision of thermal insulation in domestic homes.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working closely with energy utilities through our Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) Strategy steering group to boost investment in thermal insulation in Scottish homes. In offering their support for our
Securing Our Share: A CERT Strategy for Scotland, energy utilities are committed to maximising their CERT offerings in Scotland.
More specifically, the Scottish Government is driving greater CERT uptake through our partnerships and regular meetings with the energy utilities in providing CERT funded home insulation through the Home Insulation Scheme and Energy Assistance Package.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by NHS boards in developing planned preventative maintenance programmes reflecting the requirements of prevention and control of infection.
Answer
Awaiting answer
