- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 2 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-24278 by John Swinney 15 June 2009, whether it will detail each occasion since May 2007 when ministers have visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee on official business, including the nature of that business and whether car parking charge was incurred.
Answer
The details of the four visits undertaken on official business, using ministerial cars, referred to in the response to question S3W-24278 can be found in the following table. No parking charges were incurred by ministers on these visits to Ninewells Hospital. It is normal practice that if the minister arrives by ministerial car, he or she is dropped off and then later collected at a designated meeting point.
| Date of Visit | Minister | Nature of Visit |
| 19 May 2008 | Minister for Public Health and Sport | Ms Robison was launching the Hepatitis C action plan at Ninewells Hospital |
| 1 September 2008 | Deputy First Minster and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing | Ms Sturgeon visited Ninewells Hospital to conduct the NHS Tayside annual review |
| 21 November 2008 | Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth | Mr Swinney visited Ninewells Hospital to view the Clinical Research Centre |
| 19 May 2009 | Deputy First Minster and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing | Ms Sturgeon visited Ninewells Hospital to open the Linear Accelerator |
The Minister for Public Health and Sport, using her own car, also officially visited Ninewells Hospital on the following occasions:
| Date of Visit | Nature of Visit | Car Parking Charge Incurred |
| 15 October 2007 | Hand Hygiene event | No |
| 2 November 2007 | Skin Cancer Treatment and Research Centre | Yes |
| 24 December 2007 | Visit to Children''s Ward | Yes |
| 25 January 2008 | Clinical Technology Centre | Yes |
| 26 April 2008 | Tayside Diabetes Managed Clinical Network Patient and Carer Conference | Yes |
| 13 June 2008 | Health Promoting Health Service Guidance Launch | Yes |
| 20 June 2008 | Chronic pain meeting | Yes |
| 4 July 2008 | NHS 60 event | Yes |
| 5 September 2008 | Clinical Skills Centre | Yes |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 2 July 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-24080 by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009, how many times since 2007 its representatives have met the central Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in England to discuss development of the FNP in Scotland and who those representatives were.
Answer
Representatives from the Scottish Government have met with the central Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in England on a number of occasions. There have been a variety of representatives, at different levels within both organisations. Formal arrangements have been set up to make contact regularly in the intense period before the team in Scotland begins to recruit clients.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-24081 by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009, what the salary range is of the (a) post of policy lead in programme management of the Family Nurse Partnership pilot and (b) associated post of implementation lead.
Answer
For the Family Nurse Partnership pilot the salary range of (a) the policy lead is band B level 3 within the Scottish Government pay and grading scales and (b) the implementation lead is between £46,000 - £70,000.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions ministers have visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee on official business using ministerial cars since May 2007.
Answer
Scottish Ministers have visited Ninewells Hospital in Dundee four times since May 2007 on official business, using ministerial cars.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) cancer, (b) diabetes, (c) infection control, (d) palliative care and (e) accident and emergency clinical nurse specialists there were in (i) NHS Tayside and (ii) Scotland in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer
The following table details the number of clinical nurse specialists there were in (a) cancer, (b) diabetes, (c) infection control, (d) palliative care and (e) accident and emergency in NHS Tayside and NHS Scotland in the last three years as requested.
Table 1: Number (Head Count) of NHS Tayside and NHS Scotland Clinical Nurse Specialists as at 30 September
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland | NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland | NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland |
| Cancer | 12 | 165 | 14 | 189 | 21 | 180 |
| Diabetes | 9 | 109 | 10 | 104 | 10 | 102 |
| Infection Control | 2 | 63 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 47 |
| Palliative Care | 20 | 86 | 17 | 72 | 22 | 76 |
| Accident and Emergency | 7 | 129 | 6 | 104 | 6 | 132 |
Table 2: Number (Whole-Time Equivalent) of NHS Tayside and NHS Scotland Clinical Nurse Specialists as at 30 September.
| | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland | NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland | NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland |
| Cancer | 11.9 | 153.5 | 13.7 | 173.9 | 20.2 | 165.3 |
| Diabetes | 8.1 | 93 | 8.3 | 86.3 | 8.5 | 86.4 |
| Infection Control | 2 | 59.1 | 1 | 45.8 | 2 | 44.9 |
| Palliative care | 18 | 79 | 15.6 | 65.5 | 19.6 | 68.9 |
| Accident and Emergency | 6.9 | 111.5 | 6 | 90.6 | 6 | 116.9 |
Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical nurse specialists there were in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland in each of the last three years for which information is available, expressed as whole-time equivalent and as a percentage of all NHS nurses and midwives.
Answer
The following table provides the number of clinical nurse specialists in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) NHS Scotland in the last three years, expressed as whole-time equivalent and as a percentage of all NHS nurses and midwives as requested.
| | Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) | Nurses and Midwives | Percentage of CNS to total Nurses and Midwives |
| NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland | NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland | NHS Tayside | NHS Scotland |
| 2006 | 110.5 | 1,346.2 | 4,912.3 | 56,783.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2007 | 111.6 | 1,287.6 | 4,995.2 | 57,050.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2008 | 136.7 | 1,433.3 | 5,029.4 | 57,949.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland.
Note: Figures shown are whole-time equivalent.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what adaptations would be required to the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England to allow it to be provided in Scotland.
Answer
No adaptations are required.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian will operate under the same type of licence agreement as that in England.
Answer
The Family Nurse Partnership pilot in Lothian will operate under the same type of licence conditions as those in England.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed with the UK Department of Health the development of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England since 2007 and, if so, on how many occasions.
Answer
We have met with the central Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) team in England on a number of occasions to discuss how the programme could be developed. The licensing agreement is usually accompanied by a consultancy agreement, with the US. However, we have gained agreement from both Professor Olds and the UK Department of Health, that the central FNP team will offer Scotland the consultancy support.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 June 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Lothian pilot of the Family Nurse Partnership will be completed and when it will be evaluated.
Answer
Evaluation of the programme is key to assessing its success. The evaluation tender is being considered now, and the researchers will be in place when client recruitment begins in January 2010. The programme will be continually monitored, using agreed quality control measures, to ensure measurable outputs are met. It is intended that evaluation of outcomes will be undertaken on three occasions over the term of the pilot; at the end of pregnancy phase (summer 2011), infant phase (summer 2012) and toddler phase (summer 2013). It is expected the pilot for this initial cohort will finish around March 2013.
