- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors employed by the NHS carry out locum work in addition to their substantive post.
Answer
The information requested is not centrally collected.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend the Locum Code of Practice to specify arrangements for reporting poor performance.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34637 on 25 June 2010. All the 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the set national rate of pay is for locum doctors employed through agencies, both for hospital and out-of hours services work.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34585 on 25 June 2010. All the 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to address the increasing difficulty in filling obstetrics and gynaecology and ophthalmology locum posts that were reported in the Audit Scotland report, Using locum doctors in hospitals.
Answer
The Scottish Government is leading work with key stakeholders to develop a package of measures designed to reduce demand for temporary medical staff and, where their use is unavoidable, ensure they are both high quality and affordable. These measures are currently under consultation with NHSScotland chief executives and are due to be published later this year. These measures will help boards to prioritise recruitment in specific areas where they have high levels of need.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to ensure that potential risks to patient safety arising from the use of locum doctors, as highlighted in the Audit Scotland report, Using locum doctors in hospitals, are minimised.
Answer
In March 2010 we reminded NHS boards of the need to comply with the existing code of practice for the management of temporary medical staff. We accept Audit Scotland''s subsequent recommendation that the code of practice should be updated. We are currently consulting with NHSScotland chief executives on a package of measures designed to reduce demand for temporary medical staff and, where their use is unavoidable, ensure they are both high quality and affordable. These proposals, developed by a group which includes key stakeholders including NHS representatives, and the British Medical Association, will address issues around performance management of locums. Final guidance for boards on the implementation of the proposals expected to be published later this year.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that all locum doctors employed in hospitals and for out-of-hours services are given appropriate support and full induction prior to commencing employment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34637 on 25 June 2010. All the 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that trunk road works, including land use development proposals that impact on trunk roads, give due consideration to the needs of cyclists.
Answer
We require special consideration to be given for cyclists in all new trunk road schemes and within improvements to existing trunk roads. The new Scottish Planning Policy also requires that the needs of cyclists and the promotion of sustainable modes of transport are fully considered in land use development proposals that impact on trunk roads.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 17 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what preventive and intervention programmes are available to combat obesity in pre-school children, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will assist Scottish Natural Heritage in providing housing in order to enable more people and young families to live and work on the Isle of Rhum.
Answer
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) transferred the land and assets on Rum to the Isle of Rum Community Trust (IRCT) in two phases, March 2009 and March 2010. IRCT are now responsible for developing economic activity on the island.
The priorities for Scottish Government funding towards the provision of affordable housing is determined by the relevant local authority, in this case the Highland Council, through their published local housing strategy.
Consequently should IRCT wish to utilise any Scottish Government grants, first contact should be with Highland Council in order to assess the priority for housing investment in Rum, based on key indicators, including housing demand and need.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees and in which posts in each (a) police force, (b) NHS board, (c) local authority, (d) quango, (e) Scottish Government directorate and (f) any other taxpayer-funded organisation are paid more than (i) the First Minister’s combined salary and (ii) an MSP’s salary.
Answer
Some of this information is already in the public domain.
Information on the numbers of police officers by grade and the pay ranges for each grade is available on the Scottish Government website.
In relation to NHS boards, tables showing the numbers of staff earning £50,000 and over (in bands of £10,000) are available from health boards'' annual accounts which are published on health boards'' individual websites.
Pay for local government employees is a matter for local authorities and the information is not held centrally.
Information on public body chief executives, chairs and members is available on the Scottish Government website.
There were 359 permanent employees in the Scottish Government core directorates at 31 March 2010 whose full-time base equivalent salary was in excess of an MSP''s salary. Of these, four had a base salary in excess of the First Minister''s combined salary.
Beyond that data already published and in relation to other taxpayer-funded organisations, the information requested is not held centrally and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.
