- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what are any adverse health effects of using methadone on a long-term basis.
Answer
The long-term toxic effects of methadone are few when taken correctly at the prescribed dose.
Oral methadone solutions may exacerbate erosion of teeth, may cause constipation and some patients may show increased weight gain.
Most adverse effects are caused by inappropriate dosage levels or mixing methadone with alcohol and other drugs, or accidental overdosage.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is committed to developing youth interest in curling; if so, what strategy it has to achieve this and whether there are any plans for curling development officers.
Answer
We are committed to supporting the development of curling at all levels including youth. sportscotland works closely with the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and provides funding to the sport through various programmes. In partnership with a number of local ice-rinks, the RCCC and sportscotland are already providing funding for the appointment of three full- and two part-time development officers.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any resources available to help upgrade existing ice rinks.
Answer
Resources are available from the Lottery Fund administered by sportscotland to help upgrade existing ice rinks. There is much competition for funding and awards are made to those projects and communities which are considered to be most in need.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6945 by Susan Deacon on 22 June 2000, whether it has any plans to collect centrally information on the number of flu vaccines administered.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is currently considering improvements to the arrangements for the collection of information on the number of flu vaccines administered. This is one of a number of issues being considered by the Winter Performance Group and in discussions with representatives of the medical profession in the context of our wider programme of work to organise and prepare for winter.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how issues of consent and confidentiality in relation to medical treatment can be assured for prisoners in Scotland's jails.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Doctors providing services within Scottish prisons are bound by the same rules of confidentiality and consent as those working in the wider community.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether prisoners will receive an equivalent level of care and access to treatment as elsewhere in the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Prisoners will continue to receive a level of health care provision equivalent to that available in the wider community, while taking into account the constraints that custody imposes.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether general medical services in the Scottish Prison Service will in future be provided by qualified general practitioners.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
General medical services will continue to be provided by qualified General Medical Practitioners.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a study is taking place into the incidence of new cases of hepatitis C in short-term and remand prisons.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
A study to look at the incidence of hepatitis C within such groups would be likely to be of limited value given the long incubation period for hepatitis C infection. A hepatitis C incidence and prevalence study is, however, currently underway among long-term prisoners at HM Prison, Shotts.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what preventative measures are in place to alleviate the spread of hepatitis C in prisons.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The availability of health education and sterilising tablets help to prevent the transmission of blood borne viral infections within Scottish prisons.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to deal with the consequences of prison related transmission of hepatitis C.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Those prisoners identified as suffering from hepatitis C infection are cared for by prison health care staff, in partnership with external health specialists as appropriate.
