- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for individual inspections by the Care Environment Inspectorate to commence.
Answer
Pilot visits are anticipated to commence in May 2009 with the visit schedule fully operational from September 2009. All acute hospitals will receive at least one announced and one unannounced visit within a three year cycle.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons it believes that the Care Environment Inspectorate is independent of government when it is based within NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will operate independently of the Scottish Government and of NHS boards which will be the subject of its inspections. The reports, findings and recommendations of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be published independently.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Care Environment Inspectorate will follow up inspections.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will require NHS boards to publish an improvement plan to ensure all necessary action is taken. There is a clear intention to ensure rigorous follow-up on findings and recommendations through scrutiny and challenge of NHS board action plans and on the basis of further announced and unannounced visits to provide necessary levels of assurance and accountability. The chief inspector will be able to raise specific concerns directly with Scottish ministers and an escalation process will be in place.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the post of chief inspector for the Care Environment Inspectorate has been advertised and, if so, where and when.
Answer
The post of Chief Inspector of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate was advertised in The Herald and The Scotsman on 24 March 2009 and the Sunday Herald and Scotland on Sunday on 29 March 2009, with a closing date of 6 April 2009. The post was also advertised in S1Jobs.com and the NHS (SHOW) website and internally in the NHS.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how inspection teams in the Care Environment Inspectorate will operate when carrying out hospital inspections and, specifically, whether protocols will be developed.
Answer
The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will publish its detailed operational arrangements for undertaking inspections when these have been finalised following the appointment of the chief inspector.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the composition is of the teams that will undertake inspections for the Care Environment Inspectorate.
Answer
The Chief Inspector of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate will be supported by regional inspectors and associated inspectors, including members of the public, and a range of specialists and experts reflecting the need to ensure that appropriate standards in the care environment, with regards to healthcare associated infection, are being achieved.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for recruiting and establishing inspection teams for the Care Environment Inspectorate.
Answer
The regional inspector posts were advertised on 24 April 2009 and associate inspector posts were advertised the week beginning Monday 29 April 2009.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, what would trigger an investigation into the incidence of Clostridium difficile at NHS Orkney and whether this was applied in the recent outbreak.
Answer
National guidance requires the setting of local trigger thresholds for each clinical area. Following the recent outbreak these are now in place across NHS Orkney and have been set at two cases for each ward within any 30 day period.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, for what reasons there was a delay of one month before it was notified of the outbreak of Clostridium difficile in NHS Orkney.
Answer
There was an unacceptable delay before NHS Orkney notified the Scottish Government of the Clostridium difficile outbreak. NHS Orkney has accepted this and their lines of communication have been completely revised to ensure any future incidents are reported quickly.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22508 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2009, whether NHS Orkney has an antimicrobial prescribing policy in place; when this was adopted, and how it has been implemented
Answer
NHS Orkney introduced a draft antimicrobial policy in February 2009 and this was formally adopted in April 2009. An antimicrobial team has been established to audit compliance with the policy, and an antimicrobial pharmacist is in post and has the responsibility for ensuring day to day delivery of the policy.
