- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14068 by Shona Robison on 19 June 2008, how many additional weeks of respite care are being provided in each local authority area.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-15096 on 8 August 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS hospitals are engaged in a private catering contract.
Answer
The following hospitals have outsourced catering services. With the exception of Gilbert Bain Hospital these contracts form part of a PPP arrangement.
| In Operation | |
| NHS Shetland | Gilbert Bain Hospital |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | East Ayrshire Hospital |
| NHS Highland | New Craigs |
| NHS Lanarkshire | Hairmyres Hospital |
| | Wishaw Hospital |
| NHS Lothian | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| | Ellen''s Glen House |
| | Ferryfield House |
| | Tippethill Hospital |
| NHS Tayside | Carseview |
| Contract awarded but not yet operational | |
| NHS Forth Valley | Acute Hospital in Larbert |
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS hospitals are cleaned by private contractors.
Answer
The following hospitals have outsourced cleaning services. With the exception of Gilbert Bain and Drumchapel Hospitals these contracts form part of a PPP arrangement.
| In Operation | |
| NHS Shetland | Gilbert Bain Hospital |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | East Ayrshire Hospital |
| NHS Highland | New Craigs |
| NHS Lanarkshire | Hairmyres Hospital |
| | Wishaw Hospital |
| NHS Lothian | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| | Ellen''s Glen House |
| | Ferryfield House |
| | Tippethill Hospital |
| NHS Tayside | Carseview |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Drumchapel Hospital |
| | Medicine for the Elderly Unit “ Southern General Hospital |
| Contract awarded but not yet operational | |
| NHS Forth Valley | Acute Hospital in Larbert |
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether girls aged 12 and 13 years can be given the vaccine for protection against the human papilloma virus without the knowledge and permission of their parents.
Answer
It is preferable for a decision to be made as a family. The law allows a young person under the age of 16 to give consent themselves if a suitably qualified health professional deems they are capable of understanding what is being proposed. This is explained to parents in the HPV Questions and Answers booklet which is issued along with the information leaflet and consent form.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance is available to people wishing to learn British Sign Language.
Answer
The British Sign Language and Linguistic Access Working Group has been working with the Scottish Government and relevant organisations for a number of years to improve access to British Sign Language (BSL) learning.
Most BSL courses take place within the adult learning community or at further education colleges. There are a variety of support mechanisms available for those courses and these are dependent on the individual''s study pattern and SCQF level of the course being studied. Financial support varies from ILA support for SVQ level courses to rest of the United Kingdom (RUK) tuition fee loans and means-tested living cost grants to study degree level courses at HEIs in RUK.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the private and public treatment centres that combine treatment for mental health problems and addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Answer
Since the member raised this issue at the parliamentary debate on the drugs strategy on 4 June, we have been working with the Scottish Drugs Forum to update the National Directory of Drug Treatment Services, available at
www.scottishdrugservices.com, to include those services which deal with both mental health and drug problems. This work is expected to be complete by the end of the year.
Information on services dealing with both mental health and alcohol problems is not held centrally. However, some information on available services can be found on the Alcohol Focus Scotland website at - www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/getting_help/where_can_i_get_help.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether male and female prisoners are tested and offered treatment for chlamydia.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service works closely with NHS Scotland to mirror services provided within the community.
All prisoners are offered testing if they are symptomatic or have been identified as at risk of chlamydia. Sexual health awareness sessions take place throughout Scottish prisons in Well woman and Well man clinics.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a mother’s untreated chlamydia can have any effect on a newborn child.
Answer
While it is very rare, a mother''s untreated chlamydia can cause conjunctivitis and pneumonia in her newborn child.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether users of care services can expect adherence to all care standards regardless of the grade given by the Care Commission.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17007 on 28 October 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliamanet.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 28 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all parents who place their children in nursery care will be notified of the grade of service given by the Care Commission.
Answer
The Care Commission places all care service inspection reports and grades on its website. The grading system was introduced on 1 April 2008, with all care services being graded at their first inspection after that date.
There is an expectation that care services will make their inspection reports, which includes the grades, available to care service users and their carers. It is also expected that a copy of the latest inspection report be displayed within the service.
