- 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 progress it has made in negotiating a new contract for a community pharmacy.
Answer
My officials are meeting regularly with the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council to negotiate a new community pharmacy contract. Positive progress is being made and announcements on the shape and content of the new contract will be made in due course.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what post-marketing research is available on the efficacy of, and any adverse reactions to, ReFacto, a synthetic Factor VIII product.
Answer
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are currently completing post-marketing studies for ReFacto. As with all new medicines, the safety of ReFacto is also routinely monitored by the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency, the Committee on Safety of Medicines and by European regulatory authorities.This is a complex matter and I will supply you with a separate written explanation and place a copy of the letter in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund, either directly or indirectly, money advice outreach services within the NHS.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1138 today. 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: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned any research into links between money problems and health problems in deprived communities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1138 today. 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: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support money advice outreach services within the NHS.
Answer
The Scottish Executive supports money advice outreach services within the NHS, particularly in areas of deprivation. Local authorities, social inclusion partnerships' and other non-statutory sources including the NHS and health boards provide financial support for these local advice services, including the provision of funding to support the work of Citizens' Advice Bureaux (CABx) to tackle health inequalities and social inclusion. CABx run a number of advice projects in health settings around the country, ranging from sessions in local health centres to a dedicated hospital-based CABx in Raigmore, Inverness.The Executive is currently consulting with the money advice sector as to how further support for money advice, as outlined in the Partnership Agreement, might best be targeted. We will look at the issues raised about the links to health, including the issue of delivery, as part of this exercise. The Executive has not commissioned research into the links between money problems and health problems in deprived communities.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 23 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how money advice outreach services within the NHS might best be provided.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1138 today. 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: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 17 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to monitor procedures used by education authorities in relation to disciplining, removing or transferring head teachers.
Answer
Education authority disciplinary procedures apply to all teaching staff. The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers intends to monitor local agreements including those on discipline.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 17 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which education authorities have not revised the details of their disciplinary procedures for teachers following the revised disciplinary framework agreed by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers on 27 February 2003.
Answer
Details of individual authority procedures are not held centrally. As part of its workplan for academic session 2003-04, the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers intends to monitor all local agreements.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 17 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the revised disciplinary framework for teachers agreed by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers on 27 February 2003 is being uniformly applied by education authorities.
Answer
The implementation of the revised disciplinary framework for teachers is a matter for the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers. The revised procedures set out a framework within which there are some elements for local negotiation.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 17 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to monitor action taken by education authorities to protect promoted school staff from victimisation by their subordinates.
Answer
The victimisation of any member of teaching staff is a matter for the education authority as employer and we have no plans to monitor this issue.
