- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reference laboratories working group sought any clarification of the seven reasons given in the Aberdeen reference laboratory's annual report for E coli 157 response times exceeding targets from the reference laboratory in Aberdeen prior to reaching its decision that it did not accept these reasons as justification for response times exceeding targets.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whose advice it will seek in assessing any tenders received for the E coli work currently done by the Aberdeen reference laboratory in relation to the experience of bidders and the capacity of any bids to cope with major outbreaks.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reference laboratories working group sought any clarification on statistical difficulties in the Aberdeen reference laboratory's annual report from the reference laboratory in Aberdeen between receipt of the report and the National Services Division of the Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service (NSD) statement to the director of reference services in Aberdeen on 1 September that "the standards of presentation of information in the annual report was such that the working group found it impossible to quantify the laboratory output in terms of the NSD contract".
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will comment on any correspondence which it is aware of or has received from national or international experts on E coli and campylobacter expressing support for the Aberdeen reference laboratory and concern about the action taken by the Executive in relation to the laboratory.
Answer
I refer the Member to the reply given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review commercial property leasing legislation.
Answer
Section 65 of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Bill proposes a prohibition on leases for periods of more than 125 years. Apart from that we have no plans to review the law in relation to commercial leases.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reference laboratories working group considered the report of the UK collaborative group on campylobacter sub-typing, prepared for the Department of Health in June 1999, prior to the National Services Division of the Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service advising the director of reference services in Aberdeen that, if a more discriminatory typing scheme for campylobacter is developed in future and found to be of proven value, the reference laboratories working group would consider, at that stage, inviting tenders for the service.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive which laboratories have been invited to tender for the E coli work currently done by the Aberdeen reference laboratory.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reference laboratories working group sought further information about the samples listed in the Aberdeen reference laboratory's annual report as falling outwith the eight day turnaround time from the reference laboratory in Aberdeen prior to reaching its decision that it did not accept the reasons given in the annual report as justification for E coli 157 response times exceeding targets.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it now considers that the method of typing strains (by serotyping by direct agglutination of heat stable antigens) which the National Services Division of the Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service instructed the campylobacter reference laboratory in Aberdeen to use and which forms the basis of reference typing in England and Wales is not a useful scheme for reference typing.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reference laboratories working group sought any advice on campylobacter typing from experts in this subject, inside or outside Scotland, prior to the National Services Division of the Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service advising the director of reference services in Aberdeen that, if a more discriminatory typing scheme for campylobacter is developed in future and found to be of proven value, the reference laboratories working group would consider, at that stage, inviting tenders for the service and, if so, what advice was received.
Answer
I refer the Member to the answer given to question S1W-1829.
