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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4W-15185

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it is undertaking to increase the number of people with familial hypercholesterolaemia who are diagnosed and treated.

The clinical standards for heart disease, which were published in April 2010 state that individuals who are relatives of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia should be identified through cascade testing and managed in line with current national guidelines.

We expect NHS boards to provide services that meet these standards, which will ensure that all family members of someone diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia are screened.

The National Advisory Committee on Heart Disease (NACHD) will review the issue of familial hypercholesterolaemia at its next meeting.

Question reference: S4W-15157

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports GPs in deprived areas in treating patients who are addicted to alcohol.

Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) are part of our wider strategic approach to tackling alcohol. Our record investments are helping to fund early intervention services so we can address hazardous or harmful drinking habits before serious health problems, or other problems, develop.

The HEAT standard for 2012-13 states that NHS boards and Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) will sustain and embed ABIs in the three priority settings (primary care, accident and emergency, antenatal). In addition, they will continue to develop delivery of ABIs in wider settings. The majority of ABIs are delivered in Primary Care settings through Local Enhanced Service arrangements with GP Practices.

Question reference: S4W-15184

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how the proportion of people diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia in Scotland compares with those diagnosed in the Netherlands.

Question reference: S4W-15183

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the benefits are of diagnosing and treating familial hypercholesterolaemia.

We want people with familial hypercholesterolaemia to get swiftly diagnosed and access to appropriate treatment as quickly as possible. Significant reductions in morbidity and mortality associated with the disease can be achieved through simple changes in lifestyle and the use of statins to lower cholesterol.

People receiving treatment for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia will benefit from a better quality of life as well as well as an increased life expectancy.

We recognise that treatment and management of the condition through lifestyle changes and statins is potentially less expensive when compared to the potential costs of hospital admission, disabilities arising from complications and social care costs.

Question reference: S4O-02239

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met its accident and emergency waiting time target for Scotland as a whole.

Question reference: S4W-15084

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards provide training for perfusionists.

Question reference: S4W-15078

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many perfusionists are employed by each NHS board and how many vacant posts there are.

Information on perfusionists (clinical perfusion physiologist services) staff in post by NHS board is presented in the following table.

Clinical perfusion physiologists by NHS Board as at 31st December 2012

	Whole Time Equivalent	Headcount
National Waiting Times Center	18.4	19.0
NHS Grampian	5.0	5.0

Clinical perfusion physiologists are also employed by NHS Lothian but current coding does not allow them to be identified from the national data.

Information on perfusionist vacancies is not held centrally.

Question reference: S4W-15079

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the on-call rotas for perfusionists are in each NHS board.

Question reference: S4W-15081

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many training places have been funded for perfusionists each year for the next five years.

There are three centres within NHSScotland boards which are capable of providing training places for perfusionists; in NHS Grampian, NHS Lothian and at the Golden Jubilee Hospital (GJH). Of these, only the GJH is projecting a need for one trainee perfusionist in the current year.

The Scottish Government is working with NHSScotland employers to develop an Action Plan, which will ensure training places and funds are available over the next four to six years to support workforce development and succession planning.

Question reference: S4W-15085

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the (a) College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland and (b) Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland.

There have been no recent discussions between the Scottish Government and the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland or the Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland.

However, the Healthcare Science Programme Manager at NHS Education Scotland spoke with the President of the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland in April 2013 about the training base status of NHS Lothian.