- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 27 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been offered a fiscal fine under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last five years.
Answer
The figures are as follows, by financial year:
1996-97 | 30,444 |
1997-98 | 36,201 |
1998-99 | 40,250 |
1999-2000 | 35,249 |
2000-01 | 34,945 |
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19911 by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001, what its future targets are for yearly reductions in hospital acquired infections in the NHS.
Answer
Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change makes clear that every NHS Trust is expected to have in place an infection control policy. In addition, the NHS will adhere to infection control standards established by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS). The board will arrange regular reviews of performance against these standards, and the results will be published. It is the responsibility of NHS Boards and trusts to ensure that action is taken to address any deficiencies identified. Follow-up reviews of performance will be arranged by CSBS.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 27 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people who failed to (a) pay fiscal fines in full and (b) pay instalments in respect of such fines timeously in each of the last five years have been proceeded against in the district court.
Answer
Cases marked for prosecution following the offer of a Procurator Fiscal fine are not separately identified in the records of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the information sought is, therefore, not available.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on whether dentists can refuse to treat a patient on the basis that the patient is deaf.
Answer
We are committed to an NHS offering access to all. Whilst general dental practitioners are independent contractors and can choose whether to treat individual patients, it is regrettable if they refuse to treat a patient on such a basis.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce registers for people who are deaf and for people who are suffering from temporary deafness.
Answer
The Scottish Executive currently has no plans to introduce registers but I would refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20236 on17 December 2001, which outlines the scope of the wide-ranging review of audiology services currently under way.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a progress report on the investigation by public agencies of using existing rural outlets or networks such as Post Offices as a means of providing local information and advice services as recommended in R1.8 of the report by the Scottish National Rural Partnership, Services in Rural Scotland.
Answer
The Executive is committed to improving access to all government services, including those provided by public agencies. Public agencies are encouraged to take a broad view of the way in which they provide advice and services to best meet the needs of their customers. This includes using rural outlets and networks such as post offices, public libraries and information centres where they consider this to be appropriate.The Scottish National Rural Partnership (SNRP) has been tasked with taking forward the monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations in Services in Rural Scotland. The SNRP will be reporting progress to ministers next summer.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spends annually on cancer research and how much is spent by charitable organisations on cancer research.
Answer
Within the Scottish Executive Health Department, the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has responsibility for encouraging and supporting research into health services and patient care within the NHS in Scotland and, as such, is the main departmental funder of NHS-related research. The CSO spends £8.4 million annually on cancer research. The amount spent by charitable organisations on cancer research in Scotland 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, 05 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether consideration has been given to matching funds provided by charities for cancer research.
Answer
Cancer is a research priority and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) is always willing to consider research partnership proposals from the voluntary sector. The Scottish Executive recognises and supports the work of charities and voluntary organisations, all of which have a shared purpose in common with us - to secure continuous improvements in outcomes, in treatment, care and quality of life for patients. CSO supports explicitly their research activities in the NHS through its Support Fund. The Scottish Executive and several large cancer research charities are partners in the recently formed National Cancer Research Institute that is exploring wide ranging collaborative activity.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vacancies there currently are in the NHS for hearing therapists.
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, 05 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how people who have lost their hearing are given information and advice in relation to the availability of appropriate aids, adaptations and on-going support.
Answer
Information and advice should be provided by the audiology clinic at the point of diagnosis.I also refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-20691 and S1W-20636 today and 18 December respectively. The latter outlines the scope of the wide-ranging review of audiology services currently under way.
