- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 25 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29804 by Mrs Mary Mulligan on 7 October 2002, what timescale has been set for considering the inclusion of support tights in the Scottish Drug Tariff.
Answer
Consideration will be given to whether an application for inclusion of support tights on the Scottish Drug Tariff is appropriate as soon as officials have gathered the relevant information. It is not possible to give a definitive timescale.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Government on whether drug companies are, or should be, required to display on drugs packaging information on the possibility of addiction.
Answer
All licensed medicines have an approved Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC), a document which is in the public domain and is provided to doctors and pharmacists. In addition, the patient information leaflet supplied with the medicine reflects the information that is in the SPC.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has taken evidence from the World Health Organisation on possible side effects from the use of Seroxat.
Answer
The regulation and safety of medicines is reserved and is the responsibility of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA). The MCA has online access to the World Health Organisation data on adverse drug reactions and routinely evaluates these data.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what restrictions it places on the use of potentially addictive medicines.
Answer
As with all medicines, the decision whether or not to prescribe a treatment for an individual patient depends on the clinical judgement of the doctor concerned, in consultation with the patient and bearing in mind the risks and benefits of the treatment.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current NHS prescription status is of the anti-depressant Seroxat.
Answer
Seroxat is a prescription-only medicine available on the NHS.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 7 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what length of time represents a reasonable waiting time between lodging an application for the installation of central heating under its central heating programme and a successful applicant having a heating system installed.
Answer
The length of time taken to approve an application varies between cases. It depends on such things as whether the applicant is an owner-occupier or private tenant, in which case the landlord's permission must be sought. The length of time between an application being approved and the central heating going in also varies between cases. It depends on such things as whether a new fuel type has been chosen, in which case planning permission may be required before it can be provided. In all cases the number of central heating systems installed each year is dependent on the budget for the programme.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 7 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a waiting period of one year between the lodging of an application for the installation of central heating under its central heating programme and a successful applicant having a heating system installed represents a reasonable waiting time.
Answer
I have explained the factors which determine how quickly an application is dealt with in the answer given to question S1W-30997 today. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 7 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the national average waiting period is between an application for the installation of central heating under its central heating programme being lodged and a successful applicant having a heating system installed.
Answer
There are no figures on the length of time between an application being lodged and approved. The average length of time between an application being approved and central heating being installed is currently around six months.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact complementary and alternative therapies can have on raising the self-esteem of individuals and contributing to a sense of community spirit.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30583 today. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has given any consideration to implementing a scheme to introduce complementary and alternative therapies to those from poorer backgrounds.
Answer
The Executive has not received proposals for any such scheme.
