- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 12 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients it estimates will be treated at each dental facility over the next three years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally, but early estimates indicate that these centres could offer servicesto upwards of 200,000 patients across Scotland.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents have been caused by drivers smoking cigarettes at the time of the accident in the last 10 years and what percentage of the total number or road traffic accidents this represents.
Answer
The information requested isnot available. Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police andreported to the Scottish Executive using the Stats 19 statistical report form,which does not identify those accidents which were caused by drivers smoking.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what were the top five causes of road traffic accidents where drivers have been at fault during the last 10 years; how many such accidents there have been, and what percentage of the total number of road traffic accidents this represents.
Answer
The information requested isnot available.
Data about injury roadaccidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executiveusing the Stats 19 statistical report form. Prior to 2005, these returns didnot record any information about the causes of the accidents. However, witheffect from 1 January 2005 a new set of questions about the factors which mayhave contributed to the occurrence of accidents was added to the Stats 19returns.
The new questions allow forInformation about up to six “contributory factors” to be recorded for anypersonal injury accident which is reported either (a) following attendance atthe scene by a police officer or (b) by a member of the public to police staffat a police station. These factorsreflect the police officer's view, at the time of making the report, of the keyactions and failures that led to the accident. They are not necessarily theresult of extensive investigation - indeed, subsequent enquiries may sometimeschange the officer's opinion. Therefore, the Stats 19 data will not establishconclusively whether a driver was “at fault” in the case of every accident.
It is intended to includesome analyses of the contributory factor data in Road Accidents Scotland2005, which is scheduled to be published in November 2006.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental teachers have been recruited to each of the two dental schools since August 2005.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. It is the responsibility of the universities to ensure that thedental schools are appropriately staffed.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how the two dental schools will provide adequate teaching staff supervision of students at facilities outwith the schools.
Answer
The NHS staff supervising dentaloutreach students will require to undergo appropriate induction and training. Inaddition IT links will be established with the universities to give thesestudents access to distance learning facilities.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full-time equivalent number of teaching staff has been in each dental school in each of the last five years.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. It is the responsibility of the universities to ensure that thedental schools are appropriately staffed.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive dental students in outreach dental facilities will be supervised only by trained dental teachers.
Answer
Students working in dentaloutreach facilities will be supervised by appropriately trained and qualifiedNHS staff.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs students are required to pay at each dental facility other than the two dental schools.
Answer
Training undertaken bydental students at outreach centres will be part of their university education,and so no additional fees will require to be paid.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current level of dental teacher staffing is at each dental facility other than the two dental schools.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. The dental teacher staffing level of community dental facilities isset by the Universities and NHS Education for Scotland and agreed with theGeneral Dental Council.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Independent
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average duration of stay of dental students is at each dental facility other than the two dental schools.
Answer
It is anticipated that, asmore clinical dental outreach facilities become available in Scotlandover the next three years, every dental student in their final year will have between10 and 20 weeks’ experience in one of these centres.
