- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to remove the barriers to joint asset development identified in the Audit Scotland report, Asset management in the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20510 on 25 February 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: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce an annual analysis of NHS bodies’ asset strategies.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20499 on 23 February 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: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to build on the work of the Joint Premises Project Board.
Answer
The Scottish Government is supporting the development of the hub initiative which was developed following consideration of possible joint venture models by the Joint Premises Project Board (JPPB) and which is seeking to address many of the issues identified by the JPPB as creating barriers to developing joint premises. The hub initiative is being taken forward by the Scottish Futures Trust with two pathfinders in the South East and North of Scotland in development and preparing for procurement.
The Scottish Government are also supporting the procurement of a national estate management system, the dataset for which is consistent with the joint dataset for NHSScotland and local authorities developed through the Joint Premises Project Board.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will promote policies and guidance for all types of assets in the NHS and update its current policies and guidance to reflect changes in the NHS and the development of new health policies.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20499 on 23 February 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: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that NHS bodies hold all information on their assets electronically.
Answer
A national computer system to support estate management across NHSScotland is currently in procurement and will support both the standardisation of data held on the NHSScotland estate. The dataset for the new system has already been established.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Highland, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isleswill have a strategy in place for addressing backlog maintenance.
Answer
All NHS boards will require to have a strategy identified to address backlog maintenance (whether by maintenance or replacement) by the end of 2009. Following the implementation of the new Asset Management Policy all NHS boards will require to have annually updated asset strategies which include plans and approaches for tackling outstanding backlog maintenance.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in light of the Audit Scotland report, Asset management in the NHS in Scotland, published on 29 January 2009.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes the publication of the Audit Scotland Report Asset Management in the NHS in Scotland and will respond positively to address the key messages and recommendations contained within the report.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-19802 by Stewart Maxwell on 27 January 2009, when it intends to announce the reallocation of funding to meet demand for home adaptations.
Answer
Slippage of £0.500 million from elsewhere in the Affordable Housing Investment Programme has been identified and has been re-allocated to East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire councils to help meet demand for home adaptations.
We will continue to review opportunities for reallocation of funds on a regular basis and will report outturn spend following the year end.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to ensure that NHS bodies and local authorities can work together more strategically to develop the public sector estate, as recommended in the Audit Scotland report, Asset management in the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20510 on 25 February 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: Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when all NHS bodies will have trained their estate staff in equality and diversity.
Answer
NHS Education for Scotland have responsibility for the delivery of an educational framework on equality and diversity for the NHSScotland workforce. The Equality and Planning Directorate at NHS Health Scotland host a network of Equality and Diversity lead officers from across NHSScotland, who support this work across their organisations.
