- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurse specialists there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by speciality.
Answer
Priorto 2003, centrally held information did not explicitly identify Clinical Nurse Specialistsacross NHSScotland.In 2003, Scottish Health Statistics(ISD) undertook a pilot data collection, the results of which were published onthe ISD website under Workforce Statistics (
www.isdscotland.org/workforce).Information for 30 September 2004 and30 September 2005 is published in Section E of the Workforce Statisticswebsite. Table 18 gives a breakdown of Clinical Nurse Specialists by area of work.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurse consultants are employed in the NHS, broken down by (a) NHS board area and (b) speciality.
Answer
NHS boards in Scotland areresponsible for establishing approved Nurse/Midwifery Consultant posts within theirboard area.
Information on nurse consultantstaff employed in NHS Scotland is published on the Scottish Health Statistics websiteunder Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce.
Section E gives details of Hospitaland Community Health Services Nursing and Midwifery Staff employed in NHS Scotland.In particular, table E6 shows the headcount of Nursing and Midwifery staff, brokendown by grade, speciality and NHS board. Latest available information is at 30 September 2005.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated annually to the Mental Health Specific Grant scheme since its inception and whether it will provide a breakdown of the projects funded by the scheme.
Answer
The annual allocations are shownin the following table. Details of the 370 projects currently funded can be foundat:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/mental-health/servicespolicy/Finance/MHSGprojects. | Year | MHSG Annual Allocations (£ Million) |
| 1991-92 | 3 |
| 1992-93 | 6 |
| 1993-94 | 10 |
| 1994-95 | 14 |
| 1995-96 | 18 |
| 1996-97 | 18 |
| 1997-98 | 18 |
| 1998-99 | 18 |
| 1999-2000 | 18 |
| 2000-01 | 18 |
| 2001-02 | 19 |
| 2002-03 | 19 |
| 2003-04 | 20 |
| 2004-05 | 20 |
| 2005-06 | 20 |
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place to monitor the implementation of its new stoma care arrangements and what steps are being taken to ensure that patient confidentiality is protected under such arrangements.
Answer
NHS boards will carry out apatient audit which will seek the views of patients about their experience of thestoma service arrangements. A national review group is being established chairedby a senior NHS manager, which will meet when information from the patientaudit is available. It was agreed by the national steering group for the newstoma supply arrangements that the audit tool would not be used until the newarrangements had been in operation for six months, i.e. from October 2006.
The national servicestandards require stoma service providers to ensure that patient information isheld securely and only used for the provision of patient care in accordancewith the patient’s wishes. Additionally, community pharmacists are subject toboth a Code of Ethics and the regulatory and discipline requirements of theRoyal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, which cover patientconfidentiality issues.
As part of the preparationfor implementation of the new arrangements, a patient information leaflet wasprepared and issued which confirmed the new arrangements and includedinformation on the review arrangements.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Mental Health Specific Grant has been frozen for the second year in succession and whether it is satisfied that mental health groups can maintain their service level without additional funding in the current year.
Answer
The funds have beenmaintained at £20 million despite competing priorities and a very tight financialclimate generally. These resources continue to make a significant and continuingcontribution to 370 local community based mental health projects and initiatives.
It is open to the local authorities or other partners to add to theresources allocated in each area. In this regard, funds to local authorities overallfor social work will have increased to £2.085 billion by next year.
Spend overall onmental health in Scotland continues to increase year on year with latestfigures showing over £760 million spent by NHS boards and local authorities.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place to protect the welfare of patients whose stoma appliance service involves the use of external contractors to undertake the cutting and fitting of appliances; whether all such patients are made aware of the use of contractors as part of their stoma service; whether consideration has been given to any data protection and privacy issues arising from the passing of identifiable personal information about patients to contractors, and what steps have been taken to ensure that any contractors in receipt of such information have appropriate procedures in place to safeguard sensitive personal information.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26419 on 14 June 2006. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be a review of the Mental Health Specific Grant scheme.
Answer
The grant scheme is kept underon-going review for relevancy and value for money. Local authority partners also monitor all projects to ensureaims and objectives continue to be met.
Detailed information on MHSG,including current guidance and the most recent evaluation outcomes are availableat:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/mental-health/servicespolicy/Finance/MHSG.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue clear guidance to GPs and other medical professionals in respect of its new stoma care arrangements to minimise any confusion, protect patient confidentiality and ensure that its commitment to universal patient choice of appliance supplier is upheld.
Answer
Revisions to stoma appliancesupply arrangements introduced in April 2006 involve no changes to prescriptionarrangements. Further guidance clarifying this was issued through health boardmedical directors to GPs and others at the start of June.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the role of multidisciplinary teams in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis.
Answer
The Executive acknowledges thatmanaging inflammatory arthritis through a multidisciplinary team, which would includenurses and therapists, would provide the best outcome for the patient and theircarers, by addressing various aspects of health and social care: treatment, rehabilitation(including vocational rehabilitation), prevention of complications and other illnesses,and the promotion of health and well-being.
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards currently meet the British Society for Rheumatology’s recommendation of one rheumatology consultant for every 85,000 people and what estimates have been made of the population-to-consultant ratio in boards which do not meet this recommendation.
Answer
Individual NHS boards areresponsible for planning the resource required at local level to meet serviceneed, including rheumatology consultants.
The following table showsthe head count number of rheumatology consultants by NHS board as at 30 September 2005,together with population mid-year estimates and the ratio of rheumatologyconsultants per head of population by NHS board.
| NHS Board | Rheumatology Consultants1 | Population mid-year estimate2 | Ratio of population to Rheumatology Consultants |
| Scotland | 42 | 5,094,800 | 121,305 : 1 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 1 | 414,022 | 414,022 : 1 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 2 | 367,010 | 183,505 : 1 |
| Borders | 1 | 109,730 | 109,730 : 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 148,340 | 148,340 : 1 |
| Fife | 2 | 356,664 | 178,332 : 1 |
| Forth Valley | 1 | 284,379 | 284,379 : 1 |
| Grampian | 4 | 525,930 | 131,483 : 1 |
| Greater Glasgow | 16 | 867,787 | 54,237 : 1 |
| Highland | 1 | 213,590 | 213,590 : 1 |
| Lanarkshire | 3 | 557,088 | 185,696 : 1 |
| Lothian | 6 | 792,593 | 132,099 : 1 |
| Orkney | - | 19,590 | - |
| Shetland | 1 | 22,000 | 22,000 : 1 |
| Tayside | 3 | 389,707 | 129,902 : 1 |
| Western Isles | - | 26,370 | - |
Source: ISD Scotland.
Notes:
1. Head count Consultantfigures taken from 30 September 2005.
2. Population figuresderived from mid-year estimates from the General Register Office for Scotland(GROS) at 30 June 2005.
