- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in each health board area in implementing the recommendations contained in Health, Social Work and Related Services for Mentally Disordered Offenders in Scotland which relate to the care and treatment of patients progressing from the State Hospital, Carstairs.
Answer
All the relevant care, judicial and custody agencies are working together to introduce services, accommodation and support that better reflect the national strategy objectives. Given the different starting points, full implementation has yet to be achieved across Scotland.
Our National Health - A Plan for Action, A Plan for Change, confirms plans to publish an audit document to help all agencies identify their respective roles and to identify gaps in provision. Progress will be monitored and agencies will be invited to submit summary reports on progress in their respective areas.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to ensure that patients in intensive psychiatric care units (IPCUs) who no longer require the level of care provided by an IPCU are able to progress to more appropriate facilities for their care and treatment.
Answer
New partnerships, new local services and new accommodation are being advanced across Scotland by all the relevant care, judicial and custody agencies against the framework for change set out in the published national strategy for general mental health services and the 1999 policy for safe forensic care.
The first new facility arising from the forensic initiative, based in the grounds of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital opened in November this year.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to address the serious concerns about the standard of environment in many intensive psychiatric care units and the level of activity available to the group of patients concerned reported in the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland Annual Report 1999-2000.
Answer
An additional £5 million has issued to health boards specifically for environmental improvements to mental health service accommodation. These new monies add to the available resources and signal the importance attached to creating modern facilities supporting modern services.
Care regimes will continue to recognise the importance of increased social stimulation, life skills and social inclusion related activities for all with a mental illness.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 3 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHSiS plans to rent military hospitals from Marshall of Cambridge to help ease any pressure from winter illnesses.
Answer
The NHS in Scotland has informed us of no such plans.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9453 by Iain Gray on 18 September 2000, what the figures were for delayed discharges in each health board area for the quarter ending 30 June 2000.
Answer
The first comprehensive national and local information showing the position as at the 30 September census date was published by the Information and Statistics Division of the NHS in Scotland on Monday 4 December.
The information was issued to all local authorities, health boards and NHS Trusts in Scotland and a copy was placed the same day on the ISD Scotland website (www.show.scot.nhs.uk) and in SPICe (Bib. no. 9988).
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund the integration of statistics Scottish Morbidity Record No. 1 SMR01, Community Mortality Rates CMR and Scottish Immunisation Recall Systems into the Information Services Division database.
Answer
There are no plans to integrate the Scottish Morbidity Record SMR01, Continuous Morbidity Recording CMR and Scottish Immunisation Recall System statistics.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #4 million for NHS Direct in this year's budget is allocated for staff recruitment, equipment and other capital expenditure.
Answer
A Project Director was appointed on 16 October on secondment from Scottish Enterprise. He is currently developing a detailed service specification and will shortly be recruiting staff. The first phase of the design of the Scottish NHS Direct Service has recently been completed following an extensive programme of consultation with key stakeholders.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 18 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any proposals to provide more family support services and educational provision for those with autism.
Answer
Scottish Ministers have recently agreed to allocate an additional £36 million over the next three years to implement the recommendations of
The Same as You?, a Scottish Executive-led review of services for people with learning disabilities. One key recommendation is the development of a national network for people with an autistic disorder. We have asked the Scottish Society for Autism and the National Autistic Society to take this recommendation forward.
The Scottish Executive Inclusion Programme is providing £12 million over two years to assist local authorities to include children with special educational needs (SEN), including those with autism, in mainstream education.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9152 by Mr Jim Wallace on 4 September 2000, what evidence exists that sterilising tablets can help prevent the spread of the hepatitis C virus.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:While there is good evidence that sterilising tablets can help prevent the transmission of HIV, the picture is less clear in relation to hepatitis C; the provision of appropriate health education is therefore increasingly important in preventing the transmission of this virus.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Scottish Health Plan has to be "Milburn plan proofed" as stated in section 18 of The Scottish Health Plan - An introductory briefing.
Answer
In developing the Scottish Health Plan, six national network groups were asked, among other things
, to evaluate the UK Government's NHS Plan and determine the relevance of the proposals for Scotland. This is the meaning of the shorthand expression quoted from one of the working papers.
The UK Government and the Scottish Executive share a determination to modernise the NHS through investment and reform. We also share a commitment to ensure that the NHS responds effectively to meet different needs in different parts of the UK within the context of our devolved constitutional arrangements.
