- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce legislation to remove any remaining barriers to joint working between NHS and social work and housing departments, as referred to in section 3 of Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change.
Answer
This commitment was implemented through the provisions in sections 13-17 of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to place automated external defribillators in public places to reduce the number of deaths from sudden cardiac arrest.
Answer
We will continue to keep under review the evidence as it emerges on the benefits of siting automated external defibrillators in public places. A recent Scottish study suggests, however, that additional resources for wide-scale coverage of public access defibrillators are probably not justified by the marginal improvement in survival.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the Partners in Change programmes in each NHS board area, as referred to in section 5 of Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change.
Answer
Eighty-six Partners in Change programmes have been established across Scotland. A directory of these programmes is currently being finalised and a copy will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre in late November.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that prisoners with (a) mental illness and (b) suicidal tendencies are given appropriate care and support.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Prisoners with mental illness or a tendency to self-harm are cared for by a multidisciplinary team including medical, nursing, psychology and social care staff.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received a heart transplant in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area in 2002.
Answer
Since the beginning of 2002, nine patients have received a heart transplant at the Scottish Heart Transplant Unit in Glasgow.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all children with a mental illness are given adequate psychological treatment to support drug therapy.
Answer
Individual care decisions are a matter for clinicians in consultation with the relevant professional staff/multi-disciplinary team and should always be based on individually assessed needs.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was given to the British Fluoridation Society to promote water fluoridation in each of the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides grant support to enable the British Fluoridation Society to continue to provide scientific advice to the Scottish Executive and to NHS Scotland on issues of fluoride. The amounts awarded in the last three years are £8,000 in both 2000-01 and 2001-02, and £10,000 in 2002-03.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to study nutritional deficiencies and requirements of children with behavioural problems.
Answer
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health and care needs in Scotland.The CSO is not currently directly funding any research projects into nutritional deficiencies and requirements of children with behavioural problems but would be pleased to consider funding suitable research proposals into this subject. Such proposals would need to be of a sufficiently high standard and would be subject to the usual peer and committee review.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding would be available for the installation of a reverse osmosis system in the homes of people that do not wish to ingest fluoride through the water supply if fluoridation goes ahead.
Answer
The consultation document Towards Better Oral Health in Children, published on 24 September, seeks views on a range of possible measures to improve children's oral health, including fluoridation. Issues arising from the consultation will be given due consideration.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what sanctions could be taken in the event of a patient not complying with a compulsory treatment order under the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
There are not intended to be sanctions in the sense of any form of punishment for non-compliance with a compulsory treatment order (CTO). If a person is absent without leave from a hospital where they are detained or a place they are required to reside, Part 16 of the bill sets out procedures under which they can be returned to hospital. Sections 84 to 86 set out other procedures where a person subject to a CTO fails to attend for medical treatment when so required or to comply with conditions of the order.
