- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any internal research on the treatment by local authorities of home educating families that contributed to the drafting of its Draft Guidance on the Circumstances in which Parents may Choose to Educate their Children At Home.
Answer
The outcome of the Scottish Executive's internal research into this issue has already been published in the form of the Draft Guidance on the Circumstances in which Parents may Choose to Educate their Children At Home, issued for consultation until 29 March 2002. In preparing the draft guidance, officials sought and considered the views of local authorities and representatives of home education organisations on the issues they wished to be addressed in the guidance. The Scottish Consumer Council research into the treatment of home educating families by local authorities, published in their Homeworks report, was also given careful consideration together with a range of other documents provided by Education Otherwise.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average waiting times are for (a) extraction of wisdom teeth and (b) hernia operations in the NHS Forth Valley area and what the average waiting times were for each in each of the last two years.
Answer
Patients requiring the extraction of wisdom teeth can be treated by a General Dental Practitioner or as a hospital outpatient or in-patient/day case. Information on waiting times for specific treatment carried out by General Dental Practitioners or at hospital outpatient clinics is not collected centrally.Information is collected centrally on the time between a patient being placed on the in-patient and day case waiting list and their admission to hospital for treatment. The median waiting times for the extraction of wisdom teeth and for hernia repair operations for NHS Forth Valley residents, for the years ending 30 September 2000 and 2001 are shown in the table.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times For In-patient/Day Case Treatment For The Extraction Of Wisdom Teeth And For Hernia Repair Operations, For NHS Forth Valley Residents: Years Ending 30 September 2000 and 2001
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Years Ending | Extraction of Wisdom Teeth Median Wait (Days) | Hernia Repair Median Wait (Days) |
30 September 2000 | 103 | 100 |
30 September 2001p | 67p | 138p |
Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).
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- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 15 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered introducing financial penalties for any universities that do not attempt to widen access.
Answer
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) is responsible for the allocation of funding to individual institutions. The council has not been asked to introduce financial penalties related to performance on widening access. SHEFC has decided to introduce a new condition of grant from 2002-03, which will link main funding for teaching and research to satisfactory progress on key policy objectives, which will include equality of opportunity and widening participation.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 15 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish new targets for universities in respect of widening access.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Annual Expenditure Report already includes a range of targets related to widening access which we are committed to delivering.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial impact of the European Working Time Directive (93/104/EC) has been in each year since the directive came into force, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what precautionary health service arrangements are in place in anticipation of any major incident at the Grangemouth refinery.
Answer
NHS Forth Valley takes account of the refinery at Grangemouth in its emergency plans. These are co-ordinated with those of the emergency services, local authorities and other organisations, and are reviewed and exercised regularly.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the proposals for changes to in-patient maternity and other services in the Forth Valley NHS Board area will be put out to public consultation.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Forth Valley. I understand, however, that proposals are being developed on acute and related services, with the public consultation phase scheduled to take place between May and July 2002.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the introduction of the national minimum wage has had on the number of junior doctors employed by the NHS in each year since it came into force, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22552.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the European Working Time Directive (93/104/EC) has had on the number of junior doctors employed by the NHS, broken down by NHS board area, in each year since the directive came into force.
Answer
The European Working Time Directive does not come into force for doctors in training until the year 2004.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial impact the introduction of the national minimum wage has had on the NHS in each year since it came into force, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
NHS Whitley pay rates have been above the rate of the national minimum wage since it came into force in April 1999.
