- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 7 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the payment structure is for lay members of the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland's service review groups, whether it differs from that for the rest of the UK and, if so, what the reasons are for this difference.
Answer
Lay members of the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland's service review groups will receive reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses and compensation for loss of earnings in accordance with NHS rules.
The board has decided not to pay lay members (unlike, I believe, the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Centre for Health Improvement (CHI)) because the board felt that this would breach the tradition of voluntarism and in response to views expressed by a number of potential lay members that payment would compromise their independence.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has, or intends to compile, any data on the number of people ordinarily resident in Scotland who have received NHS medical treatment in the North of England in the last three years.
Answer
Information on residents of Scotland treated in the North of England is not available from routine central returns. We are in the process of establishing a routine exchange of information between the Information & Statistics Division in Scotland and the Department of Health in England for residents of Scotland treated in England and residents of England treated in Scotland, but the results of this exercise are unavailable at present.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 27 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has, or intends to compile, any data on the number of people resident in the North of England who have received NHS medical treatment in Scotland in the last three years.
Answer
The available information on North of England residents treated in the National Health Service in Scotland is distributed over a variety of sources, relating principally to the acute, maternity and psychiatric hospital sectors, and is presented in Table 1 for the years ending (y/e) 31 March: 1998-2000.
Table 1
| | Y/e Mar 1998 | Y/e Mar 1999 | Y/e Mar 2000p |
1.New outpatient attendances referred from GPs | 1,972 | 2,100 | 2,004 |
2. General acute discharges | 3,373 | 3,846 | 3,799 |
3. Maternity/obstetric discharges | 271 | 208 | 195 |
4. Psychiatric/mental illness admissions | 71 | 83 | 83 |
Sources: SMR00, SMR01, SMR02, SMR04p
Provisional
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 27 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what relationships it has, or intends to establish, with local or regional governmental bodies in the North of England.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no formal links with local authorities in the North of England. However, the Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the government offices in the North-East and the North-West on issues of common interest.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 24 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has evaluated the Hydroscience rapid expansion dam flood protection system currently being considered by Dumfries and Galloway Council for central Dumfries.
Answer
No. It is for councils to consider whether a temporary measure, such as the rapid emergency response offered by the Hydroscience system, would meet their needs.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-2432 by Sarah Boyack on 2 November 2000, where Moffat's "thistle sign" is located and what words it bears.
Answer
The town of Moffat itself does not have a "thistle sign" located on either the A74(M) or the adjacent A701 trunk road. However, Moffat Woollen Mill and Moffat Station Park have tourist information signs on the A701 trunk road approach to junction 15 on the A74(M). These signs include the Scottish Tourist Board "thistle".
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why it was not represented at e2000 at Airth Castle Hotel on 3 November and what steps it has taken to obtain details of, and feedback from, the presentation by Jonas Riddestrale on "funky business".
Answer
The then Deputy Minister for Children and Education, Peter Peacock, was due to attend but, unfortunately, had to withdraw at short notice. Executive officials have been in touch with Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley for feedback on the event and information on future related activities.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets have been set for the number of GP surgeries to have videoconferencing facilities by 2003.
Answer
No national targets have been set for the number of GP surgeries to have videoconferencing facilities.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many GP surgeries in each health board area have videoconferencing facilities and what measurement of usage of such facilities has taken place.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
There is no widespread implementation of videoconferencing, although there have been small scale experiments. Videoconferencing is one aspect of telemedicine and is part of the remit of the Scottish Telemedicine Action Forum (STAF). STAF has been established to fund and evaluate telemedicine projects and to nurture interest in using technology to support and develop clinical practice. The approach is to carefully evaluate patient care benefit from the use of such technologies.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 21 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Dumfries and Galloway Council about the repeated flooding of the River Nith at the Whitesands in Dumfries.
Answer
Dumfries and Galloway Council have not approached my officials about flooding of the Whitesands in Dumfries. Consequently, no discussions have taken place.
