- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4230 by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 December 2003, why Scottish NHS chief executives, directors and other senior managers are exempted from the Agenda for Change process if their job weight is over 720 points.
Answer
A review of the Executive payarrangements in Scotland is to take place shortly. As part of their review, the review group will be expected to make recommendations about the future pay arrangements to apply to these staff.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what timescale has been set for the establishment by NHS boards of independent advice bodies for patient complaints.
Answer
We are currently consideringthe timescale for the introduction of the revised NHS Complaints Procedure. Aspart of this, work is under way to develop a specification for the independentadvice service which NHS boards should commission to support patients using therevised procedure.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were postponed due to bed shortages in the (a) South Glasgow University Hospital NHS Trust and (b) North Glasgow NHS Trust in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were postponed due to bed shortages at the old Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in each of the three years prior to its closure.
Answer
The information, in the formrequested, is not available. An average of the two years 2001-02 gives a totalnumber of cancellations of 1,141 per annum, with 149 of these attributed to alack of beds.
There are many explanationsfor the cancellation of operations, other than a shortage of beds. They rangefrom surgery no longer required, surgery done elsewhere, patient not fit, andpatients not turning up. Others are cancelled perfectly legitimately, and inadvance.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of subsidy is awarded to each bus company for concessionary travel.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. The contractual arrangements for the 16 local concessionarytravel schemes throughout Scotland are between the local transport authorities and thetransport operators.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what contingency arrangements are in place to deal with casualties that may result from any terrorist attacks in light of plans to reduce the number of accident and emergency units serving Greater Glasgow from five to two.
Answer
Greater Glasgow NHS Board is responsible for emergencyplanning in Glasgow.
They have adedicated emergency planning officer in place with the responsibility ofco-ordinating a major incident plan with partner agencies including localauthorities and neighbouring NHS boards. The plan is regularly updated and isdesigned to make the best use of local and regional health care facilities inthe event of significant casualties.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards will be out in place to ensure that ostomists will retain a right to choice of stoma appliance following publication of any report on responses to Appliance Contractors: Consultation Document.
Answer
The options presented in theconsultation document are intended to maintain and improve the provision of aquality service that meets all patients’ needs, no matter which type ofappliance they may require.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to address the potential for a reduction in the salary scale for speech and language therapists under the Agenda for Change.
Answer
Job profiles have not yet beenagreed for speech and language therapists and no pay banding has beenpublished. It is therefore not possible at this time to state exactly what thesalary will be for speech and language therapists under Agenda for Change.It is hoped that this will be established in the very near future and I willnotify Ms White of the position as soon as it has been agreed.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have graduated in midwifery in each NHS board area in each of the last three years and, of these, how many have found employment in the profession.
Answer
The Scottish Executive records nursing and midwifery student statistics by Higher EducationInstitution (HEI) and not by NHS board area.
Numbers of MidwiferyGraduates, by Higher Education Institution, 2000-03.
| Higher Education Institute | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Bell College | 15 | 18 | 18 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 26 | 27 | 20 |
| Napier University | 36 | 56 | 52 |
| Robert Gordon University | 23 | 11 | 14 |
| Dundee University | 24 | 22 | 24 |
| Paisley University | 40 | 40 | 30 |
| Stirling University | 25 | 23 | 24 |
| Total Graduates | 189 | 197 | 182 |
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Information on the number ofmidwifery students finding employment is not held centrally. However, the one-yearguarantee scheme was put into place to ensure that all newly qualified nursesand midwives could obtain employment in NHSScotland if they wished. By April2003 no midwives were registered on the scheme suggesting that all who wishedto had secured employment.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have opted to introduce a community warden scheme.
Answer
We invited every council inScotland, on behalf of their community planning partners, to submit proposalsfor community warden schemes as set out in our guidance entitled Building Strong,Safe and Attractive Communities. All 32 councils have indicated theirintention to submit proposals for funding and these are currently beingassessed by officials.
