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Question reference: S3W-22093

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS contracts for (a) new hospitals, (b) refurbished hospitals and (c) new health centres (i) commenced in 2008-09 and (ii) are due to commence in 2009-10, broken down by project cost.

The information requested was sourced from NHS boards and is detailed in the following table:

NHS Board	Project	2008-09 £000	2009-10 £000
Ayrshire and Arran
	(a) New Hospitals
	Girvan Community Hospital	19,905
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Ayr Endoscopy Unit	1,486
	Ayr A&E Refurbishment		3,269
	Crosshouse Pathology Extension	763
	Ayr Satellite Renal Unit		1,794
	Ayrshire Central Comm. Hospital	9,983	1,625
	(c) Health Centres
	Patna Resource Centre	2,867
	Medical Centre, Lamlash		185
	North Ayr Services Centre		4,780
	Medical Centre, Lochranza	225
	Ardrossan Resource Centre		2,220
	Crosshouse Resource Centre		2,984
Borders
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Nil
	(c) Health Centres
	Galashiels (Roxburgh Street)		2,100
	Jedburgh		1,600
	Lauder		1,300
Dumfries and Galloway
	(a) New Hospitals
	Acute Mental Development		26,418
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Nil
	(c) Health Centres
	Primary Care Modernisation “ Lochfield Road		4,770
Fife
	(a) New Hospitals
	Regional Learning Disabilities Forensic Unit at Lynebank site	3,600
	Mental Health Unit at Stratheden site	4,200
	Assessment Treatment Unit at Lynebank site		3,900
	Mental Health Unit at Stratheden site		4,900
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	General Hospitals and Maternity Services	7,100	9,400
	(c) Health Centres
	Nil
Forth Valley
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Nil
	(c) New Health Centres
	Stenhousemuir Health Centre		8,830
Grampian
	(a) New Hospitals
	Emergency Care Centre	95,000
	Forress Hospital and Health Centre		12,000
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Chalmers	13,000
	Fraserburgh	2,000
	Woodend	1,000
	(c) New Health Centres
	Banff	3,000
	Laurencekirk	3,000
	Foresterhill		7,000
	Whinhill		4,000
	Braemar		1,000
Greater Glasgow and Clyde
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Extension to the Physically Disabled Unit at SGH	1,400
	Refurbishment of the Maternity Unit at RAH	4,500
	Refurbishment to Wards at the Vale of Leven H	2,000
	Fit out for Gynaecology Beds at the GRI	9,800
	Refurbishment of Wards at GRI	24,500
	Refurbishment of Wards at GGH	18,000
	Obstetric Extension & Refurbishment at SGH	27,700
	Refurbishment of Wards at Gartnavel Royal	2,500
	Refurbishment of Blytheswood House for Learning Disabilities	800
	Refurbishment of wards at Leverndale	1,800
	Refurbishment of Wards at Ravenscraig	1,000
	New Multi-storey Car Park at SGH		9,500
	Laboratory Refurbishment at GRI		10,200
	New Laboratory Block at SGH		61,000
	Refurbishment of Maternity Wards at RAH		1,600
	Refurbishment for Dental accommodation RAH		4,000
	Refurbishment of A & E at GRI		5,000
	Clyde Mental Health Strategy “ Extension & Refurbishment of Existing Wards		12,100
	Relocation of Inpatient Beds for SGH		8,500
	Perinatal Mother & Baby Unit SGH		2,500
	(c) New Health Centres
	SW Elderly Resource Centre “ Pollok	2,200
	Renfrew Health Centre	17,200
	Kirkintilloch Integrated Health & Care Centre	7,900
	Drumchapel Child & Family Centre		5,000
	Bridgeton HC Extension		1,500
	Barrhead Health Centre		18,000
	Wellpark Addictions Centre in Greenock		2,100
	Re-provision of Possilpark HC		9,000
Highland
	(a) New Hospitals
	Migdale Hospital, Bonar Bridge		8,334
	Day Services Centre, Raigmore Hospital		26,237
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	New Cardio-Respiratory Facillities, Raigmore Hospital	1,991
	New Casualty Unit, Dunnoon	1,894
	Voltage infrastructure upgrade, Raigmore Hospital	1,500
	New Cath Lab, Raigmore Hospital		3,073
	Helensburgh Victoria JDU upgrade		825
	(c) New Health Centres
	Bunessan		925
	Tigh-na-bruiach		1,458

Lanarkshire
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Monklands Modular Building	1,650	547
	(c) New Health Centres
	Airdrie Resource Centre	580	6,000
	Bellshill Community Health Clinic	2,800	70
	Douglas Street (Caird House Enabling Works)	4,000	250
	Carluke Community Health Centre	2,700	9,896
	Dalziel Centre “ Lymphoedema Centre	350
	Larkhall Institue	10
	Coatbridge Dental & Integrated Resource Centre	3,800	9,520
	Hunter Health Centre	270
	Coathill Wards 2 & 3	408
	LD Assessment & Treatment Centre	700	5,239
	Adults with Complex Needs “ Coathill	514
	Adults with Complex Needs “ Caird House	300	4,151
	Old Age Psychiatry Integrated Day Service (Capital Grant)	58
	Adults with Complex Needs Ward “ Coathill		4,059
	Larkhall Community Health Clinic		1,000
Lothian
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Chalmers		9
	(c) New Health Centres
	Dalkeith	4,000
	Lauriston Place	1,000
	Musselburgh	21,000
Orkney
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Nil
	(c) New Health Centres
	Nil
Shetland
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Gilbert Bain Hospital “ Phase 2	2,600	953
	(c) New Health Centres
	Nil
Tayside
	(a) New Hospitals
	Women''s clinic and midwife unit, Ninewells Hospital	2,434	1,126
	Macmillan Unit, Perth Royal Infirmary	1,869	3,497
	Pharmacy, Perth Royal Infirmary	75	1,408
	Endoscopy, Perth Royal Infirmary	10	2,021
	Gamma Camera, Perth Royal Infirmary	54	1,446
	Nuclear Medicine, Ninewells Hospital	39	841
	Satellite Renal Unit, Angus		750
	Assisted Conception Unit, Ninewells Hospital	201	2,264
	Dental teach and treat Centre, Perth	324	3,832
	Carseview Decant	50	2,550
	Midwife Unit, Angus		2,337
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Nil
	(c) New Health Centres
	Nil
Western Isles
	(a) New Hospitals
	Nil
	(b) Refurbished Hospitals
	Nil
	(c) New Health Centres
	Nil

Question reference: S3W-22019

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether provision of occupational therapy and speech therapy is included in HM Inspectorate of Education inspections for special schools for pupils with additional support needs.

Question reference: S3W-22091

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes will be built by the registered social landlord sector in 2010-11.

Question reference: S3W-22095

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will utilise the resources for skills and training in further education colleges to assist with apprenticeship programmes during the current economic recession.

On the 25 January 2009, the Scottish Funding Council allocated £7 million so that colleges can offer customised training for individuals who lose their job, including apprentices.

Where apprentices are made redundant and cannot find alternative employment, and are not close to completing their apprenticeship, we are working with Skills Development Scotland, the Scottish Funding Council, sector skills councils and trade bodies to guarantee that they have the opportunity to complete alternative, relevant training. Scotland''s colleges have a key role to play in this. The Scottish Funding Council and Scotland''s colleges have also been represented at our discussions on how to ensure that our offer best works to meet the need of apprentices.

Question reference: S3W-22090

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide support to developers to assist with infrastructure in order to help progress house building during the current economic recession.

Question reference: S3W-22092

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that money allocated for housing will be used for construction and not land banking.

Question reference: S3W-22089

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what eligibility criteria it uses for the allocation of funds for (a) affordable homes and (b) other housing developments.

The allocation of funds in the Affordable Housing Investment Programme in 2009-10 is based on the following principles:

reinstating core funding in all local authority areas to at least 2007-08 levels;

providing additional resources where required to meet legal commitments largely arising from previous local authority stock transfers, and

directing the balance of funding available to those local authority areas in greatest homelessness pressures and greatest overall housing shortage.

We do not allocate funding to other housing developments outwith the Affordable Housing Investment Programme.

Question reference: S3W-22088

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many affordable homes are due to be completed in the 12 month period to 31 March 2009.

Question reference: S3W-22021

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when responsibility for routine repeat prescribing will be transferred to pharmacists.

The Scottish Government has no plans to transfer routine repeat prescribing to community pharmacists. Trained pharmacists can prescribe under supplementary and/or independent prescribing arrangements. These arrangements can include repeat prescribing.

In addition, the Chronic Medication Service (CMS), which is one of the key elements of the new community pharmacy contract, will formalise the role of community pharmacists in the management of individual patients with long-term conditions.

Question reference: S3W-22022

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to increase the number and availability of diagnostic tests in GP surgeries.

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