- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has evaluated the impact of retrospective volume discount schemes as proposed in the Consultation on the terms of the tenders to be issued for the provision of stoma appliances to NHS Scotland for the period 2010-12 on the choice available to patients for stoma services and care
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35390 on 9 August 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has evaluated the impact of volume discount claw-back scales as proposed in the Consultation on the terms of the tenders to be issued for the provision of stoma appliances to NHS Scotland for the period 2010-12 on the choice available to patients for stoma services and care
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35390 on 9 August 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has evaluated the impact of the proposals contained in the Consultation on the terms of the tenders to be issued for the provision of stoma appliances to NHS Scotland for the period 2010-12 on the commercial viability of stoma appliance manufacturers and suppliers
Answer
The Scottish Government does not consider that there would be any negative impact upon the commercial viability of stoma appliance manufacturers and suppliers arising from the proposals in
Consultation on the terms of the tenders to be issued for the provision of stoma appliances to NHS Scotland for the period 2010-12.
There are currently approximately 1,460 stoma service suppliers. It will be for each to consider whether it wishes to continue to provide the service.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to publish its response to the Consultation on the terms of the tenders to be issued for the provision of stoma appliances to NHS Scotland for the period 2010-12
Answer
I expect to receive advice from officials this month on the outcome of the consultation. The Scottish Government''s response will be published thereafter.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils were sent home from school because they were drunk in the last year, broken down by local authority.
Answer
We do not collect any information on the number of pupils who were sent home drunk from school. However in the academic year 2008-09, 8 primary pupils and 236 secondary pupils were excluded for substance misuse “ alcohol.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pharmacists have been trained to deliver the Chronic Medication Service.
Answer
All community pharmacists have received implementation training resources from NES Pharmacy and IT training from their pharmacy IT System Supplier.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake has been of the Chronic Medication Service, broken down by disease.
Answer
On 12 July 2010 there were 561 patients with long term conditions registered for the Chronic Medication Service. The information held centrally is not broken down by disease.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive who is responsible for drawing up the plans to develop specific protocols and care plans for the 13 disease areas associated with the Chronic Medication Service; what consultations are being conducted with patient groups such as Asthma UK Scotland, and when the protocols and plans will be published.
Answer
The protocol to be used in association with serial prescriptions will be generic. Scottish Government Medical and Pharmaceutical Officers are currently considering the development of the generic protocol. This group will also consider any disease specific aspects, in consultation with experts in the field “ including patient groups.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards have fully implemented the recommendations made in 2000 by the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland report and revised in May 2004 by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland at the request of the Scottish Executive Health Directorate.
Answer
The most up to date information on this is contained within the NHS Board survey carried out by Infertility Network Scotland. The survey is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49114).
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the variation in access criteria applied to NHS fertility treatment in NHS boards.
Answer
The National Infertility Group has been asked to look at standardisation of access criteria across Scotland and make recommendations to Scottish Government Ministers.
