- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 6 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail all targets within the NHS that have been set since 1997 including those for waiting lists, waiting times and reducing the incidence of heart disease, cancer, teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and strokes.
Answer
The key national performance targets for NHSScotland are set out in Programmes for Government, Towards a Healthier Scotland, Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change and Cancer in Scotland: Action for change, all of which are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 3 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost of each public inquiry established since 1995 has been, including salaries, expenses, accommodation, printing and any other items.
Answer
This information is not held centrally and could only be gathered at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 19 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its current targets are for reducing the incidence of (a) heart disease, (b) cancers, (c) teenage pregnancies, (d) sexually transmitted diseases and (e) strokes.
Answer
Public health targets are set out in the White Paper Towards a Healthier Scotland (Cm 4269) which is available in Parliament's Reference Centre. If these very stretching targets are to be met by 2010, a concerted effort by a range of agencies as well as NHSScotland will be required.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 12 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to ensure that the export and home markets for venison do not suffer as a result of the restrictions imposed since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Answer
The Executive recognises fully the impact which foot-and-mouth disease could have on this year's venison market both at home and abroad. The case for a recommencement of meat exports from Scotland will be pressed vigorously in Brussels.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 September 2001
To ask the First Minister what further details on NHS waiting times will become available as a result of the decision to refocus from waiting lists to waiting times.
Answer
Already, more information about waiting times and activity is available than ever before on the Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW) website. As my colleague the Minister for Health recently announced, the Health Department has commissioned ISD, Scotland to put in new improved methods which will provide further information on waiting at local and national level across the NHS. We will begin to see this coming on stream next year.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S1W-14750 by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 May 2001, how many elderly people received long-term care in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99.
Answer
This information about various long-term care arrangements for older people in Scotland relates to 31 March 1998:
- An estimated 7,513 people, aged 65 years and over, were receiving intensive home care services (defined for this purpose as being in receipt of more than 10 hours service per week).
- There were 14,139 residents, aged 65 years and over, in residential care homes for older people.
- There were 18,578 residents, aged 65 years and over, in private nursing homes in Scotland.
- Provisional information shows that there were 4,491 residents, aged 65 years and over, receiving long-stay NHS hospitals care in the specialty of Geriatric Medicine.
- Provisional information shows that there were 5,652 residents, aged 65 years and over, in mental illness or learning disability specialties in NHS hospitals in Scotland. These specialties are not specifically for patients receiving long-term care. However, of the residents at 31 March 1998, 4,208 (74.5%) had been resident for six months or more.
This information about various long-term care arrangements for older people in Scotland relates to 31 March 1999:
- An estimated 7,724 people, aged 65 years and over, were receiving intensive home care services (defined for this purpose as being in receipt of more than 10 hours service per week).
- There were 13,517 residents, aged 65 years and over, in residential care homes for older people.
- There were 18,498 residents, aged 65 years and over, in private nursing homes in Scotland.
- Provisional information shows that there were 4,292 residents, aged 65 years and over, receiving long-stay NHS hospital care in the specialty of Geriatric Medicine.
Provisional information shows that there were 5,391 residents, aged 65 years and over, in mental illness or learning disability specialties in NHS hospitals in Scotland. These specialties are not specifically for patients receiving long-term care. However, of the residents at 31 March 1999, 3,898 (72.3%) had been resident for six months or more.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what testing has been carried out on the deer population since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Answer
No blood tests have been carried out on the deer population in Scotland. However, following reports from the public concerned about deer showing symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) a small number (figures not available) have been inspected by veterinary officers and none have been found to have FMD.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any reports of the foot-and-mouth virus in the deer population since February 2001.
Answer
There have been no confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease in deer. A small number (figures not available) of deer with suspected symptoms were reported by the public. However, all cases were resolved locally and proved to be negative by veterinary inspection.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 17 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ex-servicemen are, or will be, a priority category for housing by local authorities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17163.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jackie Baillie on 17 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken into homelessness and rough sleeping among armed service veterans.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17163.
