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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S3W-17134

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2008
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.

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

Question reference: S3W-17133

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS hospitals are cleaned by private contractors.

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

Question reference: S3W-17144

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2008
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.

Question reference: S3W-17341

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 October 2008
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.

Question reference: S3W-16981

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-16971

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2008
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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-16755

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 October 2008
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.

Question reference: S3W-16933

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2008
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.

Question reference: S3W-16756

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 October 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 October 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether patients are given advice on and tests for chlamydia when presenting for travel vaccinations.

Question reference: S3W-16770

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 October 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 October 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS Scotland supports a recovery approach across the spectrum of care for mental health patients.

NHS Scotland and the Scottish Government support a comprehensive recovery-orientated approach to the provision of care, treatment and support for mental health patients, and their carers, as part of continuing joint working to improve mental health services in line with published targets and commitments.

In line with one of our key published commitments the Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI) has been developed to ensure that services are recovery-orientated and socially inclusive. A broadly positive independent evaluation report on the piloting of the SRI, in five NHS board areas: Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Forth Valley; Ayrshire and Arran; Tayside; and Grampian, was published on 24 October 2008.

The SRI is being improved, in line with recommendations within the evaluation, with the Scottish Recovery Network undertaking actions on our behalf, working with practitioners and service users from the five pilot sites to improve the SRI. The SRI will be available for general use by 2010 in line with our published commitment.

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