- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many private contractors have applied to build and run GP centres in each NHS board area in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
None.
We have interpreted the question to mean applications from commercial companies only. Applications from GP practices are not included.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many private contractors have applied to run GP centres in each NHS board in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
Two applications made up of one application in Fife in 2005 and one application in Lanarkshire in 2006.
We have interpreted the question to mean applications from commercial companies only. Applications from GP practices are not included.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many private GP clinics are currently in operation in each NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not collected.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have died as a result of a fire, where alcohol consumption was a contributory factor, in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested on fire fatalities where alcohol has been a contributing factor is not available at NHS board area. The national figure is given in Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland annual reports published by the Scottish Executive in January 2004; December 2004; October 2005; December 2006 and November 2007, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 30472; 34686; 38132; 41202 and 44156).
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is charged per hour for home care for disabled people, broken down by local authority.
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: Monday, 30 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14124 by Shona Robison on 23 June 2008, where the out-of-hours emergency services for un-registered dental patients are, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The arrangements which are put in place for out-of-hours emergency services are a matter for each NHS board, and information on where these services are available is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current waiting times are for (a) cognitive behavioural therapy, (b) psychiatry and (c) psychology, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
I recognise the importance of mental health services as a national priority. We have established four national performance targets for mental health services which between them will deliver significant change across Scotland between now and 2011. As you will be aware, I have also asked my officials to look at the extent to which mental health services could, for the first time be brought into the 18 week waiting times target. This work is due to be completed by the end of the summer.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is proposed to assist obese pregnant women as early as possible during their pregnancy to reduce the risk of complications for mother and child.
Answer
NHS boards are responsible for organising maternity care at a local level in line with national guidelines. The Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland supports the principle that good health before and during early pregnancy benefits both mother and baby. Care is tailored to the needs of the individual woman, including careful monitoring of the mother and her baby’s development. Women are encouraged to eat as healthily as possible and the government is making available funding of £19 million between 2008-11 to improve nutrition of women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children under five in disadvantaged communities. By the end of 2008 the government will publish guidance for NHS boards on locally delivered healthy weight strategies. This will highlight the needs of key groups such as pregnant women.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers any move to single-crewed air ambulances for night shifts to be safe for both (a) patients and (b) ambulance staff.
Answer
Following their proposal to operate single crewing for night missions of the air ambulance helicopters, the Scottish Ambulance Service were asked to review this from both a health and safety and clinical risk perspective.
The service will continue to audit clinical aspects of air ambulance activity to ensure appropriate and safe crewing arrangements, and this will be the subject of further discussion at the annual review of the Scottish Ambulance Service which I will chair later in the year.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the findings of the review into the Scottish Ambulance Service proposal to reduce the night shift air ambulance crew from two to one crew member will be known.
Answer
Following their proposal to operate single crewing for night missions of the air ambulance helicopters, the Scottish Ambulance Service were asked to review this from both a health and safety and clinical risk perspective.
The service will continue to audit clinical aspects of air ambulance activity to ensure appropriate and safe crewing arrangements, and this will be the subject of further discussion at the annual review of the Scottish Ambulance Service which I will chair later in the year.
