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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-27522

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of breast cancer patients are tested for their HER-2 status at diagnosis, broken down by NHS board or managed clinical network.

Question reference: S2W-27524

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 9 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of HER-2 positive patients are given Herceptin, broken down by NHS board or managed clinical network.

The information requested isnot held centrally.

The Scottish MedicinesConsortium (SMC) published their guidance on 12 June advising that Herceptin isaccepted for restricted use within NHSScotland for the treatment of patientswith HER2 positive early breast cancer following surgery, chemotherapy(neoadjuvant or adjuvant) and radiotherapy (if applicable). NHS boards areexpected to take account of SMC advice and ensure that recommended medicinesare made available to meet clinical need.

Question reference: S2W-27433

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many violent assaults on NHS hospital staff were reported in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-27423

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time to see a child psychiatrist was in each year since 1999 and how many in-patient beds there were for young psychiatric patients in each year.

NHS Scotland median waiting timesfor first out-patient appointments, following referral from a general medicalor dental practitioner, to consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry specialtiesfor calendar years 1999 to 2002 are shown in the following table.

Calendar Year	Child Psychiatry		Adolescent Psychiatry
Calendar Year	Appointments	Median Wait (Days)	Appointments	Median Wait (Days)
1999	3,131	42	1,983	33
2000	3,283	53	2,006	34
2001	2,923	62	1,748	35
2002^P	2,393	55	1,641	34

Source: SMR00 – ISD Scotland.

^PProvisional

Note: 1. Due to datasubmission problems for the psychiatric specialties at a number of healthboards, national records of out-patient attendances are incomplete after 2002.ISD are currently working with NHS board to rectify this problem.

Bed numbers for the specialtieschild psychiatry (patients aged less than 13) and adolescent psychiatry (patientsaged between 13 and 17) are published at the following web address:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/Annual_trends_in_available_beds_HB_comparison_May06_release.xls.

Question reference: S2W-27409

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born before 37 weeks of gestation in each year since 1995.

Question reference: S2W-27420

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of nurses, qualifying this summer, have yet to find jobs.

Question reference: S2W-27408

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many intensive care units are used to treat premature babies, broken down by location.

The following hospitals havea neonatal unit:

Ayrshire Central Hospital

Borders General Hospital

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Forth Park Hospital

The Princess Royal MaternityUnit

Southern General Hospital

Queen Mother’s Hospital

Raigmore Hospital

Wishaw General Hospital

Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

St John’s Hospital

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh atLittle France

Ninewells Hospital

Perth Royal Infirmary

Stirling Royal Infirmary

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

Question reference: S2W-27422

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children suffered from mental disorders severe enough to require treatment in each year since 1996.

Question reference: S2W-27413

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) sexual harassment there were against female patients in mental health units in the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-27417

Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2006
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 4 August 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will respond to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) warning that midwife-led maternity units are more dangerous than hospital units.