- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time is for a patient with an eating disorder to receive (a) an initial assessment, (b) an admission to residential care and (c) care support in each NHS board area.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally. The commitment to publish a National Mental Health DeliveryPlan this year will include consideration of how we set targets for mental health services and how weperformance manage and measure progress.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what dedicated NHS facilities exist for patients with an eating disorder.
Answer
NHS boardsare responsible for planning and providing eating disorder services to meet localneeds. A number of NHS boards provide out-patient eating disorders services. In-patientcare is organised within mainstream mental health services or under contract from independent providers.AllNHS regional planning groups are working together to develop appropriatenetworks and care models for this important care group.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with an eating disorder in each year since 1999.
Answer
Complete data on theinformation requested is not available.
Irefer the member to the answer to question S2W-25345 on 3 May 2006. The answer providesthe available data for in-patient andday case discharges from acute and psychiatric hospitals for those with anydiagnosis of eating disorder.
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: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 2 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why an examination of the economic, social and environmental impact and cost of retaining or removing tolls from the Tay and Forth bridges, on Fife and Dundee had not been factored into the Tolled Bridges Review Phase Two consultation process and report.
Answer
Phase One of the review examinedthe existing tolling structures, including the impact of tolls and the way in whichpotential changes to tolls could help achieve the Scottish Executive’s environmental and economicobjectives of reducing pollution and congestion. Phase Two included an examinationof the broader issues relating to the management, operation and maintenance of thetolled bridges, including an assessment of how the tolled bridges relate to thenew regional and national transport arrangements.
Only a small number of responsesto the public consultation on Phase Two of the review raised concerns about thecosts of tolls to the Scottish economy. Since the announcement of the review outcomeson 1 March 2006, a number of members and local authorities have voiced concernsabout the impact of tolls on the economies of Fife and Dundee. We are committedto examining the economic, social and environmental impact and cost of retainingor removing tolls from the Tay and Forth bridges, in response to these concerns. This new workwill focus on these issues, rather than the more strategic work undertaken to date.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with congenital heart disease in each year since 1999.
Answer
Aggregated data on the birthprevalence of cardiovascular anomalies have been published in the Scottish Perinataland Infant Mortality and Morbidity Review Advisory Group (SPMMRAG) annual reportssince 2001. The most recently published data for infants born in Scotland withcongenital heart anomalies by year is:
| 1999 | 233 |
| 2000 | 270 |
| 2001 | 266 |
| 2002 | 232 |
| 2003 | 289 |
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 28 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people there are with congenital heart disease, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 27 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many eating disorder-related deaths there have been in each year since 1999.
Answer
The information requested ispresented in the following table.
Deaths from Eating Disorders1,Scotland, 1999-2004
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Note: 1. 1999: ICD9 codes 307.1(Anorexia nervosa) and 307.5 (Other and unspecified disorders of eating), 2000-04:ICD10 codes F50.0 - F50.9 (Eating disorders).
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether those councils operating waiting lists for free personal care are in breach of their statutory obligations.
Answer
Whether a local authority wasbreaching its statutory duties in operating a waiting list would depend on the circumstancesof the case. Waiting lists may be an appropriate way of managing access to services,provided that they are actively managed and that local authorities make some provisionto meet the person’s needs in the short-term and provide a more satisfactory solutionin the longer term.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when discussions with councils about their operation of free personal care will be concluded and how the outcome of those discussions will be communicated to the Parliament.
Answer
Our discussions with local authoritieson the operation of free personal care will continue as part of our current policyevaluation and while we consider its implications with all relevant stakeholders.Local authorities are represented on the reference group overseeing this evaluation.We will decide nearer that time how best to communicate the outcomes to the Parliamentand other interested parties.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 25 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the results of the examination of the economic, social and environmental impact and cost of retaining or removing tolls from the Tay and forth bridges, on Fife and Dundee, will be published.
Answer
We will report on the proposalsfor this study as soon as possible.
