- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacant posts there are for clinicians able to provide specialist opinion and treatment for back conditions, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Information on vacancies for clinicians able to provide specialist opinion and treatment for back conditions in NHS Scotland is not specifically held. However, information on consultant vacancies by specialty is collected by National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Latest total consultant vacancies as at 30 September 2009 are available at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Consultant_Vacancies_2009.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what ministerial visits there have been to the South of Scotland region since May 2007, broken down by (a) year, (b) constituency, and (c) minister
Answer
The detailed information requested is currently being collated and I will write to the member as soon as this is available. A copy of the response will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51763).
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for an MRI scan, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally. Latest published figures for 30 June 2010, showed that no patient had waited more than four weeks for a MRI scan, two weeks shorter than the current waiting time standard.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 22 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teaching graduates qualified from Scottish institutions in each of the last five years
Answer
The following table shows how many people at Scottish higher education institutions qualified from teaching courses that lead to qualified teacher status (QTS) or to registration as a school teacher with the General Teaching Council for Scotland in each of the last five academic years.
HE Qualifiers who Gained QTS from Scottish HEIs, by Sector of Teaching Qualification: 2004-05 to 2008-09
| Academic Year | Primary | Secondary | Further Education/Higher Education | All teacher training qualifiers |
| 2004 | 1,415 | 1,475 | 340 | 3,230 |
| 2005 | 2,040 | 1,910 | 280 | 4,235 |
| 2006 | 2,020 | 1,780 | 455 | 4,255 |
| 2007 | 1,745 | 1,425 | 160 | 3,325 |
| 2008 | 1,960 | 1,305 | 0 | 3,265 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Notes:
Figures in this table have been rounded to the nearest 5. 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0.
While there were students studying teaching courses intended for the further and higher education sectors in 2008-09, none of these led to qualified teacher status.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve services for people with Huntington's disease in South West Scotland.
Answer
We have indicated our strong support for the implementation of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland''s clinical standards for neurological health services, published in January. To encourage that process, we are offering funding of around £550,000 in total to the territorial NHS boards to help them develop neurological managed clinical networks as the main vehicle for driving local improvements in services for all neurological conditions, including Huntington''s disease.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the Scottish Huntington’s Association and what issues were discussed.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing spoke at the Scottish Huntington''s Association annual family conference on 2 November 2009, and met a small group of families living with Huntington''s disease immediately before the conference. The event gave the Cabinet Secretary a further opportunity of discussing at first hand the issues raised by living with Huntington''s disease or caring for someone with the condition.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what support services are available to people with Huntington's disease in South West Scotland.
Answer
In NHS Ayrshire and Arran, a Huntington''s disease (HD) management clinic is led by a consultant liaison psychiatrist, and a HD specialist nurse service is provided by the Scottish Huntington''s Association. The board has developed a care pathway for those with HD, as a result of which specialist services are thought to be well integrated with other health and social work agencies.
In NHS Dumfries and Galloway, people living with HD are supported by the single gene complex needs service. The project is funded by the Scottish Government, and one of its main roles is to provide direct support to families living with single gene conditions, such as HD, that cause complex physical, cognitive and/or psychiatric change.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have Huntington’s disease, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
We are aware the Scottish Huntington''s Association believes there are between 600 and 900 people in Scotland with the disease. The upper end of that range would suggest a prevalence higher than the internationally accepted figure of 1 in 10,000. Because of the inherited nature of the condition, prevalence will not be uniform across the country.
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- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to discuss improving the services available to people with Huntington's disease in South West Scotland with (a) NHS Ayrshire and Arran, (b) South Ayrshire Council and (c) East Ayrshire Council and, if so, when it expects hold these discussions.
Answer
No such meetings are scheduled at present, but the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing has indicated to the Scottish Huntington''s Association her continued interest in issues relating to Huntington''s disease.
The Scottish Government Health Directorates are represented on the group set up by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland to take forward its neurological services improvement programme. The action on NHS boards in our long-term conditions action plan relating to the development of neurological managed clinical networks is monitored through our long term conditions programme board.
Implementation of the standards should lead to improvements in services for those living with Huntington''s disease and their families and carers.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when all prison health services will be transferred to the NHS.
Answer
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The National Programme Board for Prisoners'' Healthcare are preparing for the transfer which is scheduled for autumn 2011.
