- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent infection control nurses were employed in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answer
The following table sets out the information requested:
| Year | Whole-Time Equivalent Infection Control Nurses in Scotland | Whole-Time Equivalent Infection Control Nurses in NHS Tayside |
| 2005 | 132.6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 139.8 | 16.8 |
| 2007 | 140.8 | 18 |
Note: The census date for whole-time equivalent (WTE) infection control nurses recording within the year for each NHS board may differ and the WTE may be variable within a year within a board, although this should not vary substantially.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of clostridium difficile there were per 1,000 acute occupied bed days in people aged 65 and over in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland in each of the last four quarters for which information is available.
Answer
The following table sets out the information requested:
Rates of CDAD per 1,000 Acute Occupied Bed Days
| | January-March 2007 | April-June 2007 | July-September 2007 | October-December 2007 |
| NHS Tayside | 2.60 | 2.61 | 1.82 | 1.80 |
| Scotland (overall rate)* | 2.38 | 2.51 | 1.81 | 1.95 |
Note: The overall rate for Scotland is calculated as: rate = (total number of cases x 1000) / total number of acute occupied bed days.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) schools and (b) pupils are involved in the P1 to P3 free school meals pilot, broken down by local authority.
Answer
This information is available in Tables 6.1. and 6.4 of
Pupils in Scotland 2007, which can be found on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/02/25145216/0.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many biomedical science students in the third and fourth years of study of their degree courses have applied for and received a bursary of £2,000 in each year since 2006 to encourage them to work in the NHS after graduation, broken down by university.
Answer
The following table gives the number of biomedical students who have applied for and who have been awarded a bursary of £2,000 to encourage them to work in the NHS after graduation, broken down by institution. The bursary was introduced in academic session 2007-2008. In academic year 2007-2008 it is available to third year (second year in Robert Gordon University) students only. As this academic session is not yet complete and institutions can nominate students to receive the bursary at any point during the academic year the numbers shown below may increase as the session progresses. The table shows numbers of applicants and numbers of recipients from start of the 2007-08 academic year up until 19 March 2008.
| Institution | Number of Biomedical Science Bursary Applicants | Number of Biomedical Science Bursaries Awarded |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 25 | 25 |
| Robert Gordon University | 25 | 25 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 10 | 10 |
| University of the West of Scotland | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 60 | 60 |
Source: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) 2007-08 interim data To protect the identity of students, figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
Note: In the above table all students are in their third year with the exception of those at Robert Gordon University who are in their second year.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental students at the University of Glasgow applied for and received a dental bursary in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the following table:
| University of Glasgow | Number of Students who Applied for a Dental Bursary | Number of Students who Received a Dental Bursary |
| 2006-07 Session | 233 | 233 |
| 2007-08 Session to Date | 259 | 258 |
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional time and resources staff in NHS Tayside will be given for training during the community health nurse pilot.
Answer
Community Nurses who take part in the Community Health Nurse pilot will be given the time and resources required to develop the skills needed for the new role.
This will be determined through detailed learning needs analysis, mapping existing professional/educational knowledge and qualifications to the appropriate new job description and Capability Framework (NES 2007). Where new knowledge or skills are required, no practitioner will be expected to deliver care without receiving training/education and professional support to ensure that they practice safely.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) school nurses and (d) family health nurses will participate in the community health nurse pilot in NHS Tayside.
Answer
Exact numbers will not be known until the completion of a detailed analysis of learning needs and mapping of existing professional/educational knowledge and qualifications. Following acquisition of any additional training or education, NHS Tayside will identify the first cohort of staff to test the new model within a phased approach to implementation.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional finance NHS Tayside has been given to administer the community health nurse pilot.
Answer
The Scottish Government has provided additional funding to NHS Tayside to develop the community health nurse pilot as follows:
2006-07: £115,000
2007-08: £172,000.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the commitment in Principles and Priorities: The Government’s Programme for Scotland to “increase the number of school nurses” is compatible with the introduction of the community health nurse pilot in NHS Tayside and three other board areas which will amalgamate the posts of school nurse, district nurse, health visitor and family health nurse into the post of generic community health nurse.
Answer
Our proposed health care support model for children and young people is being developed to meet the commitment in
Principles and Priorities: The Government''s Programme for Scotland to increase the number of school nurses and the manifesto commitment to double the number of school nurses.
The community health nurse is a generalist model which is currently being tested in four NHS boards across Scotland. The two policies are being developed in parallel to allow an informed decision to be made on the best way to deliver effective health care to schools.
- Asked by: Marlyn Glen, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the NHS Tayside community health nurse pilot intends to demonstrate that a generalist nurse can be skilled in the respective separate disciplines of school nurse, district nurse, health visitor and family health nurse.
Answer
The concept of a generalist nurse in the community is not new in Scotland with examples being family health nurses, practice nurses and nurse practitioners. In other countries, notably Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Netherlands and Finland, community nurses work as generalists and in England the community matron is a generalist role. However, the success of the generalist model will require specific support and enhanced co-ordination of care for individuals with complex care needs. The ability to identify when to refer individuals to a more appropriately qualified person is a central aspect of professional accountability. These two issues are intrinsic to the community health nurse model.
The impact of the new service model will be independently evaluated and will examine the benefits and experiences of individuals, families, communities, nurses and professional colleagues.
