- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Ayrshire and Arran in respect of the implementation of the hand hygiene campaign.
Answer
Scottish Medical Directors arerepresented on the Scottish Executive’s Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force,which commissioned the National Hand Hygiene Campaign, by a member from NHS Ayrshireand Arran. Throughout the Campaign, information has been circulated to NHS boardchief executives and other local interests. NHS Ayrshire and Arran are in the processof recruiting a local health board co-ordinator, who will be responsible for localimplementation of the campaign.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to disseminate information on its hand hygiene campaign.
Answer
Health Protection Scotland isleading the National Hand Hygiene Campaign on behalf of the Healthcare AssociatedInfection Task Force, and is providing information through a number of channels,including:the campaign website
www.washyourhandsofthem.com;the media via TV and press advertising;
on products and in facilitiesused by the public, such as public toilets, cash machines and milk cartons, and
through posters, leaflets andinformation packs, which will be distributed to NHS boards, GP surgeries,community pharmacies, dental practices, opticians and the care sector,including nurseries and primary schools.
NHS boards have also receivedfunding to employ local health board co-ordinators who will be responsible for ensuringfull local implementation of the campaign, including the effective disseminationof information at a local level and display in Hospitals.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with further and higher education institutions in respect of increasing awareness of the importance of good hand hygiene practices among students entering the medical, caring and nursing professions.
Answer
NHS Education for Scotland’s CleanlinessChampions Training Programme, which includes a specific module on hand hygiene,has been included in undergraduate medical and nursing courses. To date, around1,500 undergraduates have completed the programme.
The programe has also been madeavailable to staff working in the Care Sector and work is on-going to extend itto undergraduate courses for other disciplines, such as dentistry. The hand hygienemodule from the programme is also accessible online to widen its availability tothose wishing to undertake it.
In addition, all new staff inthe NHS now have to undertake mandatory induction training in infection control,which includes hand hygiene.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include care homes, private homes and nurseries in the remit of its hand hygiene campaign.
Answer
The Care Commission, which isrepresented on the Scottish Executive’s Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force,has given its full support to the National Hand Hygiene Campaign. Health ProtectionScotland will disseminate information posters and leaflets to care homes, includingthose run by the private sector.
An information and resource packfor nurseries and primary schools is currently under development and will issuein March 2007.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Scottish Gas to ensure that the delivery of the free central heating scheme is as efficient as possible.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Discussions regarding all aspectsof the programme, including the provision of an efficient and effective service,have been on-going, between Communities Scotland and Scottish Gas, since the contractwas awarded on 25 August 2006.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were on the waiting list on 14 December 2006 to receive a free central heating system.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The number of applicants on thecentral heating programme waiting list at 14 December 2006, as notified by Scottish Gas, was 6,914.
Historically, not all householderswho apply to the programmes are eligible or go on to benefit through theprogramme.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider employing additional gas contractors to assist Scottish Gas with the delivery of the free central heating scheme over the winter months when demand is particularly high and elderly people are at greater risk of illness due to cold weather.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
As part of the contractual arrangementsit is the responsibility of Scottish Gas to ensure that installers, in sufficientnumbers, are engaged on the programme to install the target number of central heatingsystems each year. The performance of Scottish Gas is kept under review by CommunitiesScotland.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Des McNulty on 22 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were on the waiting list to have a free central heating system installed on the date that Scottish Gas assumed responsibility for the delivery of the scheme from the previous contractors, Eaga.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
The number of applicants on thecentral heating programme list, as notified by Eaga to Scottish Gas, was 12,319.After data cleansing this was reduced to 10,988.
Historically, not all householderswho apply to the programmes are eligible or go on to benefit through theprogramme. From the original list provided by Eaga, it is estimated that around4,200 householders will benefit from the programme.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish its response to the Police Arbitration Tribunal’s report into the 2006 police pay award.
Answer
Police pay issues are dealt withon a UK-wide basis. The Police Arbitration Tribunal’s recommendation on the policeofficer pay award for 2006 was received on 6 November 2006.Following consultations with myself and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Home Secretary subsequently announced that the tribunal’s recommendationfor a 3% pay rise for police officers with effect from 1 September 2006 wouldbe implemented in full.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers were employed in the Strathclyde Police area in 1999, broken down into those who (a) performed administrative duties, (b) undertook the monitoring of sex offenders and (c) were available for police response.
Answer
At 30 June 1999 there were 7,123(headcount) police officers in Strathclyde Police compared with 7,770 (whole-timeequivalent) at the end of September 2006. Information on the deployment of policeofficers to particular duties is not held centrally and is an operational matterfor the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police.
