- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated journey time is for an ambulance travelling between Dailly, South Ayrshire, and Hairmyres Hospital.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-12959 on 30 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances a patient from Ayrshire diagnosed with a heart attack would be treated at Hairmyres Hospital.
Answer
Patients with suspected ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will be triaged in the community by paramedics. ECG data will be transmitted via telemetry to Coronary Care staff to ensure that an accurate diagnosis can be made to identify appropriate patients for immediate transfer to the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) unit at Hairmyres Hospital.
This is an enhancement to the service currently provided in the West of Scotland where primary angioplasty treatment is only available at the Golden Jubilee Hospital. It is also worth noting that had Ayr accident and emergency closed, then no heart attack patients would have been treated there.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated journey time is for an ambulance travelling between Barrhill, South Ayrshire, and Hairmyres Hospital.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-12959 on 30 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated journey time is for an ambulance travelling between Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, and Hairmyres Hospital.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-12959 on 30 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence there is that ambulance travelling times to reach accident and emergency units have any impact on the survival rates of patients diagnosed with heart attacks.
Answer
The evidence in SIGN Guideline 93 on Acute Coronary Syndromes is that those with the most serious heart attacks should be taken directly to a specialist intervention centre where they can be given a primary percutaneous intervention (primary PCI). There are better clinical outcomes for patients if the procedure can be performed within 90 minutes of diagnosis of the heart attack.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Ayrshire and Arran regarding the treatment of heart attack patients at Hairmyres Hospital.
Answer
Scottish Government officials are in regular contact with all boards and kept informed of developments.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-12472 by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008, what steps have been taken to monitor (a) road safety and (b) pedestrian numbers on the stretch of the A76 between Cumnock and New Cumnock.
Answer
Monitoring of road safety on the A76 between Cumnock and New Cumnock is undertaken within Transport Scotland''s annual screening of trunk road accidents. As a result of the 2006-07 screening, an accident investigation and prevention study was commissioned by Transport Scotland for a length of the A76 between Auldgirth and Cumnock. The study identified one pedestrian injury accident between Cumnock and New Cumnock in 2005. Subsequent monitoring has identified a further pedestrian injury between Cumnock and New Cumnock in 2007.
No monitoring of pedestrian numbers between Cumnock and New Cumnock has been carried out since the study referred to in the answer to S3W-12472.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to maintain the current exemption scheme on water charges for charities, churches and voluntary organisations from 2010 to 2014.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13133 on 30 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to extend the eligibility for the current exemption scheme on water charges to include churches, charities and voluntary organisations that moved into their premises after 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13133 on 30 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to extend the eligibility for the exemption scheme on water charges for churches, charities and voluntary organisations.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13133 on 30 May 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
