- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
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
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits there are of expanding the role of the National Clinical Assessment Authority to include Scotland, given NHS employers in Scotland's responsibility for the management of suspected or actual poor performance.
Answer
There may be potentialbenefits in expanding the role of the National Clinical Assessment Authority(NCAA) to provide its services in Scotland. However, the Scottish Executive is currently undertaking aconsultation on the document
Safer for Patients, Supportive forProfessionals:
A Framework for Managing Poor Performance of HealthProfessionals and Team in NHS Scotland.In the consultation paper,respondees have been asked to consider a number of potential options includingthe extension of the National Clinical Assessment Authority’s remit in relationto Scotland. The NCAA currently only deals with doctors anddentists which is inconsistent with the multi-professional and team approach toall workforce development and performance in Scotland.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
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
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the National Clinical Assessment Authority regarding the consultation paper “Safer for Patients, Supportive for Professionals”.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is involved in ongoing discussion with the National Clinical AssessmentAuthority in support of work on the consultation paper “Safer for Patients,Supportive for Professionals”.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many carers' assessments there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally at present but I would refer the member to the answer given toquestion S2W-6151 on 17 March 2004 which sets out what the Executive is doing tocollect this information.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the parliament website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences there were of poor performance, as referred to in the consultation document Safer for Patients, Supportive for Professionals, in the NHS in each year for which figures are available and, of these, how many incidences were deliberate or pre-meditated.
Answer
This information is not currentlycentrally collected.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many doctors who work in Scotland have been reported to the General Medical Council for poor performance in each year since 1999 and the outcome of each reported case.
Answer
This information is not centrally held.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions External Clinical Assessment Teams have been called in in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information iscollected by the individual health boards and is not currently centrallycollected.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #6 million fund operated by the Scottish Football Partnership has been distributed.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6333 on 15 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_wa.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2004
-
Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 15 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been distributed in grant aid by the Scottish Football Partnership and to which organisations.
Answer
The Scottish Football Partnership is not in a position to begin supporting the development of Scottish football until the legal complications affecting the transfer of funds from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund have been resolved.
