- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts there are for trainee orthopaedic consultants; whether any representations have been made to increase the number of such consultants, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
Information provided by NHS Education for Scotland is that there were 57 specialist registrars in post in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at 31 March 2003. There has been an increase of seven posts over the past two years with the intention to increase by a further four in the current year bringing the expansion to 11 posts over the three year period.In addition there are a small number of academic posts which are also training for a future consultant role.Planned expansion in the trauma and orthopedic surgery training posts has been in response to service pressures including waiting times.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the accountability of the Scottish Agricultural College.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not have any plans to review the accountability of the college.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with Aberdeen City Council about improvements at the Haudagain roundabout and the Persley Bridge on the A90.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has ongoing discussions with Aberdeen City Council on a range of trunk road issues.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions on the cataloguing, preservation, restoration and maintenance of gravestones and graveyards as part of its genealogy tourism strategy.
Answer
VisitScotland recognise the importance of preserving historic graveyards and gravestones, since being able to see them is important for the many visitors interested in their Scottish ancestors. Historic Scotland publish a guide for practitioners on conservation of historic graveyards, covering technical conservation issues relating to graveyards such as advice on specialised repair and conservation techniques, and an inventory of Scottish sites.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it, or any non-departmental public body, has responsibility for any graveyard.
Answer
Graveyards are the responsibility of local authorities and it is up to each local authority what provision it makes for graveyards within its area.Eighty-four properties in the care of Historic Scotland (an agency within the Scottish Executive) have burial grounds associated with them although their care and maintenance is the responsibility of local authorities. Many of them are scheduled ancient monuments and are not public cemeteries.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what methodology it uses to assess improvement in the people of Scotland's health.
Answer
There are many methods used to assess improvement in the people of Scotland's health including:assessing and monitoring progress against national targets and indicators, including those set out in Improving Health In Scotland - The Challenge, Towards a Healthier Scotland and Our National Health;the Performance Assessment Framework introduced in November 2002 provides a tool to annually assess NHS boards' performance in key priority areas in health improvement;assessing the results of national and local surveys, such as the Scottish Health Survey.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to produce Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network guidelines regarding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Answer
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was covered in SIGN Guideline 59, Community Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults, published in June 2002.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend smoking cessation services to community pharmacies.
Answer
The provision of smoking cessation services is a matter for individual health boards, and the Executive is aware that many boards already have Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Schemes in place. The Scottish Executive paper The Right Medicine: A Strategy for Pharmaceutical Services in Scotland, launched in February 2002, asks that community pharmacists role in smoking cessation is developed.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional services it is considering for inclusion in the new contract for a community pharmacy.
Answer
Discussions on the new contract are currently ongoing with the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council. Decisions on the content and range of services to be provided have yet to be made.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive when the trials of direct supply of pharmaceuticals to patients were concluded; what the outcomes of the trials were; what new trials of direct supply of pharmaceuticals to patients are taking place; when any such trials will conclude, and what plans there are to supply pharmaceuticals directly to patients across Scotland.
Answer
Two pilot schemes for the direct supply of over-the-counter medicines to charge exempt patients were successfully completed last year. A detailed, independent evaluation was carried out and the research findings issued in March this year. The full evaluation report will be published in the near future. Roll- out of the direct supply scheme across the whole of the Ayrshire and Arran and Tayside Primary Care Trust areas is underway. Consideration is currently being given to when the scheme can be rolled out more widely.
