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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-08490

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to spend any of the additional allocation or underspend in the health budget on creating more midwifery posts.

Question reference: S1W-08491

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is issued to health boards and NHS Trusts on the length of time between a vacancy in midwifery staff arising and it being filled.

Question reference: S1W-08488

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwifery students graduated last year and how many found full-time permanent employment (a) in Scotland, (b) elsewhere in the UK and (c) outwith the UK.

Question reference: S1W-08487

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives are currently employed broken down by health board and NHS Trust.

The latest information available centrally on numbers of midwives employed in the NHS in Scotland by Health Board and Trust is shown in the table.

		Number	WTE
Scotland		3 626	2 962.8
Ayrshire & Arran		263	217.4
	Ayrshire & Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	259	213.8
	Ayrshire & Arran Primary Care NHS Trust	4	3.6
Borders		81	69.5
	Borders Acute Hospital NHS Trust	48	40.5
	Borders Primary Care NHS Trust	33	29.0
Argyll & Clyde		335	260.6
	Argyll & Clyde Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	268	208.9
	Lomond & Argyll Primary Care NHS Trust	67	51.8
Fife		190	147.1
	Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	190	147.1
Greater Glasgow		624	526.9
	Yorkhill NHS Trust	187	158.9
	South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust	173	146.5
	North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust	264	221.5
Highland		270	213.8
	Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	122	92.8
	Highland Primary Care NHS Trust	148	121.0
Lanarkshire		323	265.6
	Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	305	249.8
	Lanarkshire Primary Care NHS Trust	18	15.8
Grampian		387	308.5
	Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust	279	224.6
	Grampian Primary Care NHS Trust	108	83.9
Orkney Health Board		19	16.9
Lothian		426	340.1
	Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust	320	256.0
	Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust	1	1.0
	West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust	105	83.1
Tayside		300	249.7
	Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust	252	210.2
	Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust	48	39.5
Forth Valley		198	169.1
	Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	192	163.7
	Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust	6	5.4
Western Isles Health Board		43	33.9
Dumfries & Galloway		133	112.4
	Dumfries & Galloway Acute & Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust	106	87.4
	Dumfries & Galloway Primary Care NHS Trust	27	25.0
Shetland Health Board		34	31.2

Source: National Manpower Statistics from payroll, ISD Scotland.

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Notes:

1. Comprises hospital and community midwives and combined duty nurses where these duties include midwifery.

Question reference: S1W-08492

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to doctors and other medical staff on the administration of vaccines for mumps and rubella after a child has been vaccinated for measles separately.

The Executive has issued no guidance on the administration of vaccines for mumps and rubella after a child has been vaccinated for measles separately.

Single antigen measles vaccine is not a licensed product in the UK and its administration is a practice which is not recommended by recognised authorities, including the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which is the Independent Expert Committee which advises all the health departments in the UK on matters in relation to vaccinations.

Question reference: S1W-08489

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 18 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many colleges and universities currently offer a course in midwifery and how many students are currently enrolled on these courses.

Seven institutions in Scotland offer pre-registration midwifery diploma courses. The details are as follows:

Five institutions offer both a three-year and an 18 month shortened pre-registration course in midwifery. These are:

Glasgow Caledonian University

Napier University, Edinburgh

University of Paisley

University of Stirling

The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen (18-month only until 2001)

Two institutions offer only a three-year pre-registration course in midwifery. These are:

Bell College Hamilton

University of Dundee

As at 31 March 2000 there were 491 students in training on three-year pre-registration courses and 115 students in training on 18 month shortened pre-registration courses in midwifery.

Question reference: S1W-08095

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether training for library services through the New Opportunities Fund began in April 2000 and what targets have been set for ICT training of school and public librarians and teachers.

Question reference: S1W-08092

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) public librarians, (b) school librarians and (c) teachers have been trained to date through the New Opportunities Fund ICT training initiative.

The ICT training programmes for public librarians, school librarians and teachers are funded and administered by the New Opportunities Fund with the aim of completing all the programmes by the end of 2002. The programme for teachers and school librarians was launched in April 1999, and for public library staff in August 1999. Information on the numbers trained are not held centrally but are available from the Scottish office of the New Opportunities Fund.

Question reference: S1W-08100

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 3 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking either alone or in conjunction with Her Majesty's Government to advise women employees of their rights to maternity leave, maternity payments and parental leave.

Employment rights is a matter reserved to the UK Government. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide range of issues, including maternity leave, maternity payments and parental leave.

The Department of Trade and Industry produces a range of guidance material on maternity rights for employers and employees and, on 21 March, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced a review looking at the issues surrounding maternity pay and parental leave.

Question reference: S1W-08094

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2000
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 July 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the remaining #11.5 million in the New Opportunities Fund for ICT will be used to fund.