- 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.
- 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 scientists are employed in cancer research.
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 what proposals it has to set up a rehabilitation service for people who have lost their hearing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20636 on 18 December 2001, which outlines the scope of the wide-ranging review of audiology services currently under way. This will include a review of liaison with other agencies and the services provided.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts for clinical oncologists (a) exist, (b) are vacant and (c) are currently funded by charities in each health board area.
Answer
The following table shows the latest available data held centrally on the headcount of staff in post at 30 September 2000 (provisional) for those doctors whose speciality is recorded as clinical oncology. Vacancy information for consultant and staff grade clinical oncologists show there were no vacant posts at 30 September 2000. Vacancy information for other grades is not available centrally. Information on the number of posts funded by charities is not available centrally but is held by local NHS management. Contact details for NHS management personnel is available on www.show.scot.nhs.uk.Cancer services in Scotland are delivered by clinicians working within three regional managed clinical networks. The number of oncologists working within a particular NHS board area is therefore not an indicator of the level of local patient access to these highly specialised services.Clinical Oncologist directly employed by NHSScotland
1Headcount at 30 September 2000 (provisional)
| | All Grades | Consultant | Associate Specialist | Staff | Specialist Registrar | Senior House Officer |
Scotland | 74 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 |
Argyll & Clyde | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Ayrshire & Arran | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Borders | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Fife | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Forth Valley | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Grampian | 5 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - |
Greater Glasgow | 40 | 17 | - | 2 | 11 | 10 |
Highland | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Lanarkshire | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lothian | 22 | 11 | 1 | - | 8 | 2 |
Orkney | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Shetland | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tayside | 5 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - |
Western Isles | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: Medical and Dental Census at 30 September 2000 and is provisional, ISD Scotland.Notes:1. Includes honorary appointments.Data includes honorary appointments.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the full health effects of water fluoridation will be taken into account in its consultation process on water fluoridation.
Answer
The Executive will take appropriate account of all relevant issues raised by individuals and organisations who contribute to the oral health consultation process.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms it plans to use to educate the public about hospital acquired infections and about how such infections are spread.
Answer
The public can help tackle hospital acquired infection by following standard advice about cleanliness and hygiene already prominently displayed in NHS hospitals. In addition, the need for any further measures is for discussion at national and local level, including the role of hospital infection control teams.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to include microbiology in undergraduate medical training.
Answer
The undergraduate medical curriculum is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is a reserved body, independent of Government. Tomorrow's Doctors, the GMC document which medical schools use to guide their curriculum development, has moved away from subject-based to a topic-based and patient-centred curriculum. Within that students are expected to come to understand the balance in the ecosystem between microbiological systems and higher life forms, between man and his environment. The GMC, as the body regulating all medical education regularly inspects medical schools to check their compliance with these recommendations.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to address any spread of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the community.
Answer
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses no particular risk in the community because the population at large is much less susceptible to infection than the hospital in-patient population. Infection due to MRSA is uncommon outside hospitals.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve its strategy on dealing with hospital acquired infection in the light of the report by Dr Andrew Walker Hospital Acquired Infection - What is the cost in Scotland ?
Answer
Dr Walker's study was on the costs of hospital acquired infection (HAI). The Executive has already put in place a series of co-ordinated measures to combat HAI. That includes a mandatory framework for national surveillance of HAI and the implementation by the Clinical Standards Board of standards for infection control, cleaning services and decontamination of reusable medical devices. Hospitals are expected to meet these standards and the Clinical Standards Board will report on their performance.
