- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce any further ring-fenced funding for the NHS and the basis of such funding.
Answer
Spending priorities for health in Scotland, covering the period 2008-09 to 2010-11, were announced in the Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007 on 14 November 2007. This will form the basis of the funding to be allocated in respect of these health funding initiatives. Any further funding for the NHS in Scotland beyond 2010-11 will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses have self-funded return-to-practice courses on their return to practice after career breaks in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11226 on 14 April 2008. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider providing financial support for nurses attending return-to-practice courses to achieve Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements.
Answer
The Scottish Government provides up to £1,500 to support former nurses and midwives to complete return to practice courses and go back to work in NHS Scotland. This funding is linked to an offer of employment in NHS Scotland. Since 2002, £1.2 million funding has been provided to enable 804 nurses and midwives to return to practice.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses who have returned to practice after career breaks in each of the last three years have attended return-to-practice courses, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11226 on 14 April 2008. All answers to parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses have received financial support for return-to-practice courses on their return to practice after career breaks in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The requested information is set out in the following table.
| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| NHS Borders | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| NHS Fife | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NHS Grampian | 13 | 26 | 0 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 14 | 19 | 13 |
| NHS Highland | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| NHS Lothian | 34 | 31 | 51 |
| NHS Orkney | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| NHS Shetland | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Tayside | 6 | 0 | 0 |
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses have returned to practice after career breaks in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. However, since the return to practice initiative was introduced in 2002, a total of 804 nurses and midwives have returned to practice and received funding to do so.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length is of return-to-practice courses for nurses.
Answer
The lengths of return to practice courses, which include up to 45 days supervised practice, vary according to the needs of the individual so as to meet the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council for return to practice.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 19 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its performance was in answering ministerial correspondence in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Answer
In the quarter October to December 2007, 8,337 letters were received by ministers and 94% received a reply within our target of 20 working days.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the UK Government to amend regulations on HGV and bus design to make the fitting of anti-diesel-spill devices compulsory on all such vehicles, including foreign vehicles, using our roads.
Answer
The design of vehicles is covered by European standards. EC Directive 70/221 requires that commercial vehicles have in place appropriate measures to ensure that minimum leakage occurs. The anti-diesel-spill devices are designed to reduce the overall volume of fuel used by a vehicle which will have environmental benefits. However, the use of such a device is a commercial matter for operators.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the anti-diesel-spill devices being used by Lothian Buses.
Answer
The Scottish Government is aware of the anti-diesel-spill devices being used by Lothian Buses. These devices are designed to reduce the overall volume of fuel used by a vehicle which will have environmental benefits. However, the use of such a device is a commercial matter for operators.
