- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are of its plans to merge the higher and further education funding councils for the number and range of further education colleges.
Answer
There are no implicationsfor the number and range of further education colleges in plans for merging thefurther and higher education funding councils.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the “view and grant” procedure and fee structure for post-mortem examinations.
Answer
The “view and grant” procedureis a mechanism whereby pathologists are able to certify unsuspicious deathsbased on an external examination and consideration of medical records, withoutthe need for an autopsy examination. It is a matter for the professionalassessment of the pathologist whether s/he is in a position to certify a deathin this way and for the procurator fiscal to determine in each case whether itis appropriate to accept a certificate so issued. Currently around 15% ofdeaths reported to procurators fiscal across Scotland are certified in thisway. The figures are not available by local authority region.
A discussion papercirculated following a consultative forum held last year involving discussionsamong pathologists, service providers, procurators fiscal and other interestsfrom across Scotland, makes a number of recommendations aimed at futurearrangements for training of, and accreditation and standards for, forensicpathologists and how services should be structured and overseen. We areconsidering the responses to those recommendations and planning how we can worktogether with interested parties to take forward the issues raised with a viewto securing high quality forensic pathology services for the future.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce quality assurance programmes across the range of forensic services.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich 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: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce and fund a training programme for forensic pathologists.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich 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: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of post-mortem examinations commissioned by procurators fiscal is conducted by the “view and grant” procedure in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich 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: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce national and local co-ordinating committees for forensic pathology services and, if so, how the membership of such committees will be determined.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich 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: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any advanced practitioner posts in biomedical sciences have been created in the NHS and, if so, how many such posts were created and where they are located.
Answer
Currently there are noadvanced practitioner posts in biomedical sciences in NHSScotland.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to create advanced practitioner posts in biomedical sciences in the NHS and, if so, how such plans will be achieved.
Answer
The Scottish Executive hasno plans to create advanced practitioner posts in biomedical sciences inNHSScotland. It is open to individual NHSScotland employers to determine whether,in providing an effective laboratory service, there is a need for advancedpractitioners in biomedical sciences.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any locum, bank or agency medical laboratory scientific officers (biomedical scientists) have been employed in NHS laboratories in each of the last three years and, if so, how many such staff have been employed and in which locations.
Answer
This information is notcentrally available.
- Asked by: Brian Adam, MSP for Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are in the NHS to address the impact of the European Working Time Directive on out-of-normal hours working in laboratories and who has been consulted on any such plans.
Answer
All employers must complywith the Working Time Regulations. The regulations came into force in 1998 forall NHS staff, except doctors in training who will be included progressivelyfrom August 2004. Guidance has been issued to all NHSScotland employers drawingtheir attention to the requirements of the regulations, including theprovisions concerning resident on-call and compensatory rest. It is for localhealth systems to plan within this legislative framework and to make appropriatearrangements for consultation.
