- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been targeted at sports clubs and governing bodies through the Sports Facilities Fund and what facilities have been improved as a result.
Answer
Sportscotland''s Sports Facilities Fund is an application based funding programme designed to support the development, refurbishment and improvement of the stock of Scotland''s sports facilities.
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government as this fund is managed by sportscotland. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of sportscotland to write to the member providing the detailed operational information requested.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 18 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been a reduction in the national HEAT 3 target of 19,493 children aged 5 to 15 to complete a healthy weight programme and, if so, for what reason and what the new target is.
Answer
The HEAT 3 child healthy weight target was a development target. Final target numbers were agreed with boards as part of the 2010-11 local delivery plan sign-off process. The final target agreed in March 2010 was 6,317 completed interventions with the majority (4,453) being delivered in the third year of the target. We are in the process of agreeing the target for the next three years of 4,500, 5,000 and 5,500 interventions, which will result in 15,000 children completing a healthy weight intervention over the three-year period.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason NHS Orkney has to find efficiency savings of 8.6% in 2010-11.
Answer
All NHS boards are required to deliver 2% efficient government savings in 2010-11. These savings are retained locally by boards for reinvestment in frontline services. The majority of boards, including NHS Orkney, have set local targets in excess of the efficient government target in 2010-11 to ensure delivery of financial breakeven and to support development and continuous improvement of health care services. NHS Orkney approved a three-year clinical and financial strategy in June 2009 which aims to restore the board to recurring financial balance through sustainable redesign of services. The board''s 2010-11 financial plan, including the savings target, is based on the three-year clinical and financial strategy and reflects the board''s commitment to reduce reliance on non-recurring funding.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made to its HEAT targets since they were introduced.
Answer
The details of HEAT targets can be found on the Scottish Government website at the following link www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/17273/targets.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the per capita spending was in each NHS board in each of the last three years.
Answer
The following table shows net operating expenditure per head for each NHS board from 2007-08 to 2009-10.
| Boards | Net Operating Expenditure per Head 2007-08 £ | Net Operating Expenditure per Head 2008-09 £ | Net Operating Expenditure per Head 2009-10) £ |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 1,703 | 1,781 | 1,851 |
| NHS Borders | 1,640 | 1,693 | 1,752 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 1,775 | 1,837 | 1,902 |
| NHS Fife | 1,513 | 1,611 | 1,649 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 1,523 | 1,589 | 1,634 |
| NHS Grampian | 1,422 | 1,482 | 1,538 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 1,807 | 1,849 | 1,909 |
| NHS Highland | 1,766 | 1,856 | 1,892 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 1,549 | 1,616 | 1,684 |
| NHS Lothian | 1,436 | 1,485 | 1,529 |
| NHS Orkney | 2,138 | 2,248 | 2,340 |
| NHS Shetland | 2,034 | 2,235 | 2,349 |
| NHS Tayside | 1,721 | 1,774 | 1,825 |
| NHS Western Isles | 2,545 | 2,724 | 2,826 |
Source: ISD Scotland, costbook.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 13 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when support measures for the local community and businesses in Moray will be announced.
Answer
An initial £300,000 package of skills and training support was announced on 22 December 2010. This investment will help ensure that people across Moray have the opportunity to re-train and develop the new skills that can help them find sustained, productive employment in the area. The Scottish Government will continue to work closely with the Moray Task Force to ensure an effective response to the planned withdrawal of the RAF from Kinloss and to continue to make robust representations to the UK Government for securing the future of RAF Lossiemouth.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will achieve its target of 6,317 completed child healthy weight interventions by the end of the three year programme, given that no more than 1,584 were achieved in the first two years.
Answer
HEAT 3 was a development target which required NHS boards to set up what were, in the majority of cases, entirely new services. It was therefore expected that much of the delivery would be in the second half of the three-year target period. This has proved to be the case.
To ensure maximum support for boards the Scottish Government appointed a Child Healthy Weight National Co-ordinator within the Scottish Government in January 2010.
As a result of the efforts of boards, supported by the steps the Scottish Government has taken, we anticipate successful delivery of the target by end March 2011.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the 18-week referral-to-treatment target will not apply for psychological therapies until December 2014.
Answer
The target to reduce the time from referral to treatment for a psychological therapy to 18 weeks will be included in the HEAT targets for the first time from April 2011, to be achieved by December 2014. While NHS boards have made good progress in improving access to psychological therapies since 2006, and some are already providing access to some psychological therapies within 18 weeks, they will have to do some service redesign to increase their capacity to deliver a range of appropriate psychological therapies, including ensuring that they have sufficient staff who are trained and competent to deliver psychological therapies and to provide clinical supervision. In order to meet the target boards will also have to develop their information systems to measure waiting times and track progress.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all NHS boards are expected to achieve the HEAT target for dementia services by March 2011.
Answer
We anticipate that across Scotland we will exceed the HEAT target to increase the number of people with a diagnosis of dementia by March 2011. Some NHS boards have already met their target and all are working hard towards meeting them by March 2011.
The most recent information about performance against the HEAT target is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms/partnerstories/NHSScotlandperformance/Dementia.
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what lessons have been learned as a result of not achieving the target, HEAT 3: The Child Healthy Weight Programme.
Answer
All boards have plans in place to deliver their targets. Many are now on, or ahead of, trajectory. One board has already met its target, ahead of schedule. We anticipate that the national target will be met by end March 2011.
This was a development target and delivering the target has, as expected, generated valuable lessons about how to deliver most effectively. This learning has been incorporated into the guidance for boards to support delivery of the new HEAT target on Child Healthy Weight, 2011-14.