- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest average waiting times are to see a podiatrist, broken down by each NHS Trust.
Answer
The treatment of patients by a podiatrist is generally undertaken in a primary care setting by the Community Chiropody Service or sessions at NHS hospitals, clinics or other NHS facilities staffed by Professions Allied to Medicine. Information on waiting times for services provided by the Community Chiropody Service or by Professions Allied to Medicine is not collected centrally.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to include biomedical scientists in the scope of the pay review body mechanism.
Answer
The issue of extended coverage of the Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine Pay Review Body (NPRB) is being considered in discussions on Agenda for Change: Modernising the NHS Pay System.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many positron emission tomography scanners are currently in use in the NHSiS.
Answer
There is one Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner sited in the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen which is used for research purposes, for example in hip replacement and assessing how bones heal.The use of PET scanning in cancer will be one of the first assessments undertaken by the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) during the coming year.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS staff will be allocated to assist with home births where this is the preferred option chosen by parents.
Answer
Women have the right to choose how and where they give birth, having been given the information to allow them to make informed decisions by balancing risks.Maternity Services, in line with the Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland, should provide a fully integrated childbirth service responsive to the needs of mothers and their new-born babies.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how Local Health Care Co-operatives will be consulted on the allocation of NHS resources.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-13891.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change will encourage and bring about innovation and the delivery of better health care by Local Health Care Co-operatives.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-13891.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how Local Health Care Co-operatives will be supported in promoting and advising on disease prevention and health promotion.
Answer
Many LHCCs already carry out extensive health promotion activities. We wish to build on this work. We will set out the next steps in the development of LHCCs, over the next few months, following the submission of the LHCC Best Practice Group's report. The new unified health boards will also have a key role to play in developing primary care services and strengthening the role of LHCCs. In addition, I announced on 12 March as part of the Review of the Contribution of Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors to improving the Public's Health that each LHCC will receive funding for a Public Health Practitioner to lead and co-ordinate better health in the country.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reported instruction by the Scottish Executive's Head of New Media and Presentation that NHSiS staff should not give out information, photographs or reactions to researchers from the Sunday Times Good Hospital Guide would comply with the requirements of its proposed Freedom of Information Bill.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-12481.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how NHS Trusts ensure that clinical waste is properly and efficiently segregated, stored, transported and disposed of, in line with its Health Department's document Safe Disposal of Clinical Waste and with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's National Waste Management Strategy for Scotland.
Answer
As set out in the January 2001 Audit Scotland report, Waste Management in Scottish Hospitals, the performance of NHS Trusts in adhering to the fundamental principles of good waste management is generally very good albeit that examples of poor practice were identified in various areas including training, staff compliance with safety standards and the monitoring of uplift and disposal of clinical waste.The NHSScotland Clinical Waste Steering Group in collaboration with the NHS in Scotland Property and Environment Forum has issued specific guidance to NHS Trusts, in the form of Scottish Hospital Technical Note 3 - version: 3 August 2000. It is also considering the Audit Scotland Report and will prepare an Action Plan which will address the issues raised in the Report. The opportunity to underline the importance of not only complying with statutory requirements, and following codes of practice and best practice guidance specific to arrangements in Scotland, will be taken.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how NHS Trusts are developing a cost-effective approach for recycling domestic waste in order to reduce the amount sent to landfill sites as suggested in the Audit Scotland Report, Waste Management in Scotland's Hospitals.
Answer
The NHSScotland Clinical Waste Steering Group is considering the Audit Scotland Report and will prepare an Action Plan which will address this issue, amongst others, in collaboration with the NHS in Scotland Property and Environment Forum. The outline objectives of the Action Plan will be to produce further waste training/education guidance to encourage waste segregation and promote minimisation.
