- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 27 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list any fines incurred in relation to non-compliance of transposition of EU directives in each of the last two years, broken down by directive.
Answer
No fines have been incurred in relation to non-compliance of transposition of EU directives in the last two years.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a review of the HC1 NHS Low Income Scheme claim form to make it more service friendly.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S3W-25610 on 23 July 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: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the HC1 NHS Low Income Scheme claim form to be service friendly.
Answer
The NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS) is administered by the Business Services Authority (BSA), a special health authority, on behalf of the health departments in Scotland, England and Wales.
Anyone can apply for help through LIS and, therefore, the HC1 form is designed to be suitable for all members of the community including, for example, people in full-time employment, pensioners and students.
The form was designed with the applicant in mind, and applicants are required to answer only those questions and sections which relate to them. The form was awarded the Crystal Mark, accredited by the Plain English Campaign, in March 2007, and in the BSA''s most recent customer survey (2008) the user-friendliness of the form scored 8.5.
The form gathers relevant information in an order that supports the BSA''s claims registration system (CRS) and claims calculator. This aids the assessment process and helps to improve the speed and accuracy of the decisions.
However, you may be interested to know that officials are currently in the process of reviewing the form to amend a small number of references which are no longer relevant to applicants from Scotland. We have no plans for a more extensive review.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 22 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for the Town Centre Regeneration Fund were received after the first deadline of 5 June 2009.
Answer
I can confirm that no applications have been received after the first deadline of the 5 June 2009.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 22 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what stakeholders applied to the Town Centre Regeneration Fund before the 5 June 2009 deadline.
Answer
I can confirm that 133 applications were received for the Town Centre Regeneration Fund before the 5 June 2009 deadline. Lead applicants included local authorities, third sector groups, local chambers of commerce, and businesses. In many cases the lead applicant applied on behalf of or in partnership with other local stakeholders.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP patient access survey forms were issued, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) community health partnership.
Answer
A total of 543,246 forms were sent out for the Scottish GP patient access survey. Tables of the breakdown by (a) NHS board (Bib. number 48445) and (b) community health partnership (Bib. number 48444) have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reminders were sent out with regard to the GP patient access survey, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) community health partnership.
Answer
A total of 386,990 first reminders were sent out for the Scottish GP patient access survey, and a further 275,244 follow-up reminders. Tables of the breakdown by (a) NHS board (Bib. number 48445) and (b) community health partnership (Bib. number 48444) have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial response rate was for the GP patient access survey, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) community health partnership.
Answer
The initial response rate to the Scottish GP patient access survey was 26%. Tables of the breakdown by (a) NHS board (Bib. number 48445) and (b) community health partnership (Bib. number 48444) have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many replies to the GP patient access survey contained yes/no answers.
Answer
The GP patient access survey asked about patient experience of both 48 hour access and advance access. The answers were coded into yes and no responses using a coding scheme agreed amongst survey stakeholders. Details of this, the questionnaire and the survey results, can be found at the following Scottish Government website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/GPAccessSurveyResults.
Based on the agreed coding scheme, the number of replies included in calculation of results was different for the two types of access, as outlined below.
48 Hour Access
The total number of responses that could be used in calculation of 48 hour access results was 198,420. The main reason a reply was excluded was because the respondent had not attempted to gain 48 hour access. This applied to 54,593 replies. Other replies were excluded were because questions 1 or 2 were missed out or because more than one option in a relevant question was ticked. In addition, replies were excluded if the answer to question 3 (which asked why 48 hour access was not obtained) was don''t know/ can''t remember or other reason, or if question 3 was not answered after a no answer to question 2. These reasons excluded a further 16,173 replies.
Advance Access
The total number of responses that could be used in calculation of advance access results was 122,393. The main reason a reply was excluded was because the respondent had not attempted to book in advance. This applied to 133,919 replies. A further 7,742 replies were excluded were because questions 4 or 5 were missed out or more than one answer in a question was ticked. In addition, the results for advance access exclude the 5,232 forms received from patients registered with practices designated as open access.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many replies were received to the GP patient access survey, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) community health partnership.
Answer
A total of 269,186 replies were received for the Scottish GP patient access survey. Tables of the breakdown by (a) NHS board (Bib. number 48445) and (b) community health partnership (Bib. number 48444) have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
