- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women over 70 have requested screening for breast cancer since January 2001.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-24507.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women over 70 have been screened for breast cancer since January 2001.
Answer
Women over the age of 70 are not routinely invited for breast screening but may self refer. In 2000-011, the latest year for which data are available, the number of women over the age of 70 who were screened following self referral was 2,985.Note:1. Scottish Breast Screening Programme Provisional data April 2000 to March 2001.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which geographical areas have a low uptake for breast cancer screening against set targets.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-24505.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the results in Scotland of the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer.
Answer
The European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer is not a Scottish Executive study. Research findings of this type may be presented at scientific meetings and are normally also available through publications in relevant medical journals and/or on appropriate websites. It is expected that the findings of the study will be considered by the National Screening Committee in due course.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards are currently targeting areas of low breast cancer screening uptake.
Answer
All NHS boards are responsible for promotion of the breast screening programme aimed at raising awareness particularly in areas of low uptake. The percentage of eligible women in Scotland in the age range 50-64, who accepted a routine invitation to attend breast screening in 2000, was 73% (minimum uptake target 70%).In 2000-01 Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Lothian Health Boards were below the minimum with uptake rates of 66.1%, 69.3% and 69.7% respectively. A range of promotion activities are undertaken by the NHS boards to encourage women within low uptake areas such as more mobile screening units in inner city deprived areas, localised media campaigns and information in GP surgeries.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS staff have been trained as cervical smear takers under the new liquid based cytology screening pilot project.
Answer
Four hundred and ninety-two NHS cervical smear taker staff in Lanarkshire, Grampian, Highland and Tayside NHS Boards have been trained to use liquid based cytology, under the Liquid Based Cytology Screening Pilot project.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the multi-disciplinary prostate cancer working group on its review of referral, management and treatment of people with prostate cancer, as well as any recommendations the group makes to the Scottish Cancer Group, will be published.
Answer
The final draft of the report prepared by a working party set up by the then Scottish Cancer Group (SCG) was considered by them at their last meeting in June 2001. It was agreed at that time that although a start had been made, a great deal of further work was required to develop an evidence based framework as a possible foundation for any necessary improvements in prostate cancer services.This issue will be reconsidered by the current SCG.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has for opportunistic screening to detect oral cancers and when such proposals will be in place.
Answer
In Scotland, much has already been done to increase professional awareness of oral cancer. The launch of the oral cancer training initiative in February 2000, distributed to all primary care dentists, doctors and pharmacists, has prepared the ground for substantial improvements in the early diagnosis and referral for oral cancer.Opportunistic screening for oral cancer is already carried out as part of the routine oral examination.
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the membership of the National Physical Activity Taskforce is; when it is next scheduled to meet, and what measures it uses to assess how it has raised the levels of regular physical activity amongst all age groups.
Answer
The Physical Activity Task Force is next due to meet on 30 April 2002.A draft strategy for increasing physical activity levels amongst our population will be issued for consultation in June 2002. Following a formal period of consultation with key stakeholders, it is planned that a final strategy will be presented to Scottish Ministers in November 2002. Within the strategy, it is anticipated that the Scottish Health Survey will be the method which will monitor physical activity levels.The following table shows the members of the Physical Activity Task Force:
| Name | Representing |
| John Beattie (Chair) | Sports Personality |
| Stephanie-Anne Harris | Early years/ethnic minorities |
| Dr Helen Zealley, OBE | Public Health |
| Dave Collins | University of Edinburgh |
| Sandy Watson | SOLACE |
| James McLellan | COSLA |
| Dr George Crooks | GP interest in physical activity |
| Candace Currie | Childrens health/physical activity |
| Angus MacDonald | Secondary Education |
| Anne Pearson | Primary Education |
| Gabe Docherty | Health Promotion Mgrs Group |
| Nannette Mutrie | sportscotland |
| Richard Brickley | Elderly and Disabled |
| Stuart Mackenzie | Voluntary sector |
| David Leslie | Voluntary sector |
| Joan Henderson | Dance |
| Lindsay McHardy | HEBS |
| Alan Jones | LA Leisure Depts |
- Asked by: Ben Wallace, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 April 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it expects to receive from Her Majesty's Government in extra tobacco tax revenues between 2001 and 2004.
Answer
In the period 2000-04, the Scottish Executive will receive £26 million per annum in Barnett consequentials, as a result of the Chancellors 2000 UK Budget announcement to raise tobacco tax by 5% on top of inflation.
