- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards prescribe Subutex.
Answer
Analysis of NHS prescriptiondata for the year ended 31 December 2003 shows that Subutex has been dispensed in all NHS boardareas except Borders, Orkney and Western Isles. These data cover itemsdispensed in the community by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors, butdo not take into account items dispensed by hospitals or hospital basedclinics.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been allocated to reducing negative attitudes towards older people and increasing their expectations of the effectiveness of their involvement in planning public services in each year since 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6693 on 17 March 2004.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/webapp/search_waIt is not possible todisaggregate resources in the way requested.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost would be to it of improving the management of suspected or actual poor performance by NHS health professionals and teams through (a) extending the remit of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland to include such management, (b) extending the remit of the National Clinical Assessment Authority, (c) creating a new special NHS board to deal with such management issues, (d) extending the remit of an existing NHS board to deal with such management issues and (e) contracting a private sector provider to deal with such management issues.
Answer
The costs are not availableand will be considered in due course on completion of the consultation document“Safer for Patients, Supportive for Professionals”. The consultation is due toend on the 28 May 2004.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many cases of poor performance by community pharmacists who work in Scotland have been identified by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain investigations and the action taken in each case.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources have been spent on education and advertising for intravenous drug users on the ways in which injecting equipment can become contaminated in the process of drug preparation.
Answer
Advice and information onthe risks from injecting come from several sources, eg needle exchange workers,medical practitioners and written materials. It is not, therefore, possible toquantify aggregate expenditure on these activities.
Through our Know the ScoreDrugs Communications Strategy, written materials on preventing initiation intoinjecting, hepatitis B and hepatitis C have been disseminated widely to drugsand prison services across Scotland. These materials highlight the risks of transmittingblood-borne viruses through injecting.
We are also considering therecommendations from a recent research study by the University of Paisley which observed injecting practices among a group ofdrug users.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to reduce negative attitudes towards older people and increase their expectations of the effectiveness of their involvement in planning public services.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6693 on 17 March 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for can found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many services there are for intravenous drug users that provide access 24 hours a day, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
It is for local drugsservices to set their opening hours to meet client needs and operationalpriorities, and we do not collect information centrally.
Accident and Emergency Unitsare staffed on a 24 hour a day basis for emergency cases, including overdoses,injecting wounds and related infections. The “Know the Score” Information Lineis also available 24 hours a day for anyone, including intravenous drug users,who wants information on drugs issues.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people continued to be intravenous drug users whilst receiving methadone treatment in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally, although there is research evidence to show that treatment,including methadone, can lead to reduced levels of illicit drug use andinjecting.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any “safe injecting rooms” exist for intravenous drug users and what plans it has to expand or provide this service.
Answer
We are not aware of anysupervised injecting rooms in Scotland, and we have no plans to support such facilities.
Although injecting rooms areavailable in some other countries, current evaluation evidence is notparticularly robust. Before such facilities could be contemplated for Scotland,complex issues of legality, safety and security of staff and clients, andcommunity reactions would have to be addressed.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of poor performance by nurses have been brought to the attention of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in each year since 1999 and in how many of these cases the CNO was approached for advice.
Answer
The Chief Nursing Officer(CNO) may be informed by the NHS Board Director of Nursing of poor performanceby individual nurses but this would be on a purely informal basis. In someinstances, the CNO may be asked for advice on a particular situation. The CNOdoes not keep a record of such information.
