- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the retention of auxiliary fire stations in the Highlands and Islands and, if so, what support is planned for them.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers given to questions S2W-2 today and S2W-3 on 20 May 2003. 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.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider making single vaccines for mumps, measles and rubella available on the NHS as an alternative to the triple MMR vaccine.
Answer
The Executive has no such plans.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS trusts are on course to meet the proposed 56-hour week for junior doctors by August 2003.
Answer
The latest compliance figures are shown in the following table:August 2002 - Compliance Figures (Scotland)
| Trust | PRHO | SHO | SpR | Other | Total |
| Posts | Comp% | Posts | Comp % | Posts | Comp % | Posts | Comp% | Posts | Comp | Comp% |
| Argyll and Clyde | 51 | 100% | 133 | 43% | 23 | 52% | 17 | 12% | 224 | 122 | 54% |
| Ayrshire Acute | 36 | 100% | 130 | 21% | 18 | 17% | 23 | 13% | 207 | 69 | 33% |
| Ayrshire PC | | | 15 | 100% | | | | | 15 | 15 | 100% |
| Borders Acute | 15 | 93% | 29.6 | 7% | 10 | 10% | 7 | 29% | 61.6 | 19 | 31% |
| Borders PC | | | 6 | 100% | | | 6 | 100% | 12 | 12 | 100% |
| Carstairs | | | 9 | 100% | | | | | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| CSA | | | | | 9 | 56% | | | 9 | 5 | 56% |
| DandG Acute | 19 | 100% | 38 | 71% | 9 | 33% | 6 | 33% | 72 | 51 | 71% |
| DandG PC | | | 11.5 | 100% | | | | | 11.5 | 11.5 | 100% |
| Fife Acute | 32 | 50% | 100 | 24% | 22 | 14% | | | 154 | 43 | 28% |
| Fife PC | | | 22 | 100% | | | | | 22 | 22 | 100% |
| Forth Valley | 39 | 100% | 83 | 0% | 19 | 16% | 12 | 25% | 153 | 45 | 29% |
| Forth Valley PC | | | 16 | 100% | | | | | 16 | 16 | 100% |
| Grampian PC | 2 | 100% | 30 | 100% | 17 | 100% | 1 | 100% | 50 | 50 | 100% |
| Grampian Acute | 99 | 55% | 219 | 32% | 145.2 | 51% | 33 | 30% | 496.2 | 207.2 | 42% |
| GGPC | | | 68 | 60% | 23 | 70% | | | 91 | 57 | 63% |
| Highland Acute | 30 | 100% | 64 | 39% | 23 | 4% | 14 | 50% | 131 | 63 | 48% |
| Highland HB | | | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | | | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Highland PC | | | 9 | 0% | | | 1 | 100% | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Lanark Acute | 59 | 68% | 204 | 64% | 32 | 56% | 4 | 100% | 299 | 193 | 65% |
| Lanark HB | | | | | 3 | 100% | | | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Lanark PC | | | 45 | 91% | 4 | 75% | 4 | 75% | 53 | 47 | 89% |
| Lomond/Argyll | | | 11 | 82% | | | 3 | 0% | 14 | 9 | 64% |
| Lothian HB | | | | | 2 | 100% | | | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Lothian PC | | | 55 | 33% | 26 | 96% | 49 | 100% | 130 | 92 | 71% |
| Lothian Univ | 101 | 62% | 219 | 35% | 265.5 | 44% | 36.6 | 40% | 622.1 | 271.6 | 44% |
| North Glasgow | 115 | 100% | 357 | 32% | 248.6 | 39% | 49 | 53% | 769.6 | 352 | 46% |
| Renfrew/Inver PC | | | 16 | 100% | | | 1 | 100% | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| Shetland HB | 1 | 100% | 4 | 100% | | | | | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| South Glasgow | 48 | 44% | 160 | 40% | 90 | 43% | 4 | 100% | 302 | 128 | 42% |
| Tayside PC | 2.5 | 100% | 40 | 33% | 6 | 67% | 10 | 90% | 58.5 | 28.5 | 49% |
| Tayside Univ | 96 | 98% | 163 | 42% | 156 | 37% | 32.6 | 15% | 447.6 | 225 | 50% |
| Yorkhill | 8 | 100% | 74 | 77% | 46.2 | 63% | 2 | 50% | 130.2 | 95.2 | 73% |
| West Lothian | 23 | 100% | 48.5 | 23% | 26 | 12% | 6 | 67% | 103.5 | 41 | 40% |
| Western Isles | 2 | 100% | 8 | 100% | | | | | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| August 2002 | 778.5 | 81% | 2388.6 | 41% | 1224.5 | 41% | 321.2 | 47% | 4712.8 | 2339 | 50% |
| February 2002 | 747.5 | 87% | 2303 | 38% | 1182.5 | 42% | 323.6 | 49% | 4556.6 | 2207.5 | 48% |
| August 2001 | 771.5 | 64% | 2396 | 38% | 1209.5 | 43% | 282.6 | 38% | 4659.6 | 2052 | 44% |
Note:Figures extracted from the Implementation Support Group 2003 Annual Report.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what protection and support will be given to any doctor accused of negligence who had been required to work excessive hours.
Answer
The New Deal is a contractual agreement between the trusts and junior doctors, designed to protect staff and patients. The Scottish Executive fully supports the New Deal, and our role is to encourage trusts to meet their contractual obligations.The Scottish Executive works in partnership with the BMA Scottish Junior Doctors Committee and NHS trust representatives on implementation of the New Deal.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 20 May 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that potential tourists are given the full details of all tourism providers, including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, on the VisitScotland website.
Answer
While this is an operational matter for visitscotland.com, I understand that the full contact details of tourism businesses that have subscribed to visitscotland.com are included on its website.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards offer career pathway packages to qualified nurses.
Answer
The development of career packages is a matter for NHS boards and trusts to consider as part of their local recruitment and retention strategies. All trusts have continuing professional development funding (CPD) for nurses and midwives which they use for a variety of purposes. An additional £1.75 million CPD funding was given to NHS trusts in 2002, to be used for priorities decided in conjunction with front-line nursing and midwifery staff. In terms of career development, most NHS trusts also have discrete development programmes for newly qualified nurses and midwives, again designed around local requirements.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital-acquired infections there have been in each hospital in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have (a) received and (b) been refused fertility treatment in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. Only the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) holds information, UK-wide, to minimise the possibility of patient identification.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 20 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received a daily dose in excess of (a) 500 mls, (b) 300 mls, (c) 200 mls and (d) 110 mls of methadone in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital, and what the clinical rationale and research base are for each level of dosage.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.There is a great deal of international and national research to support the use of methadone as an effective treatment for opiate misuse. Dosages of methadone and the duration of treatment are matters for individual patients and their health professionals.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 19 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action people can take when care provided by local authorities is less than that outlined in their care plans.
Answer
Local authorities have a duty under the Social Work (Scotland) 1968 Act to assess the needs of and provide appropriate services to people who appear to need them. Any decision taken about care needs by social work departments should be based on a detailed assessment of the individual's needs and wishes. This year we are providing £1.38 billion to help local authorities deliver social work services. It is up to local authorities to decide how these resources should be deployed to best meet local needs and priorities. Should an individual feel that a local authority is neglecting its statutory obligation to provide appropriate community care services they may pursue the matter further through the relevant local authority's complaints procedure.
