- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings of the Expert Group on Immunisation have taken place and what issues were discussed.
Answer
There have been three meetings of the Expert Group to date. The content of meetings is a matter for the Expert Group, having regard to its remit. Details of the group's work will be available on its website.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be of running the Expert Group on Immunisation broken down by (a) administration, (b) group member costs, (c) hospitality and (d) marketing.
Answer
The Expert Group will be resourced to carry out its remit effectively. Expenditure incurred will be recorded in its report.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Expert Group on Immunisation will present its findings.
Answer
The Expert Group will aim to report by 28 February 2002.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will arrange for meetings and the minutes of meetings of the Expert Group on Immunisation to be made public.
Answer
This is a matter for the Expert Group. Information about the group and its work will shortly be available on its website.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Expert Group on Immunisation will gather its evidence.
Answer
This is a matter for the Expert Group. I understand, however, that it has invited a number of medical experts and organisations to present evidence relevant to its remit. In addition, the views of other organisations and the general public were sought through national and local media advertisements.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive who will provide administrative support to the Expert Group on Immunisation.
Answer
Officials from the Health Department at the Scottish Executive are providing the secretariat and administrative support to the Expert Group.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit is of the Expert Group on Immunisation.
Answer
The remit of the Expert Group is as follows: To consider matters raised by the Health and Community Care Committee relating to vaccination against mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) with particular reference to:describing the consequences of pursuing an alternative vaccination policy to MMR;reviewing evidence on the apparent rise in the incidence of autism, taking account of the current work of the Medical Research Council;describing the process of vaccine testing and the monitoring of adverse effects, andin all its work, having regard to the role and remit of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Medicines Control Agency.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive who the members are of the Expert Group on Immunisation; what qualifications and expertise each member has; what criteria were used to decide on the membership, and what external interests each member has.
Answer
Details of the members of the Expert Group are set out in the table. In addition, Dr Kenneth Aitken, Independent Consultant Child Clinical Neuropsychologist and Dr Gordon Bell, Lovaas Technique Adviser, have also been invited to join the group. A summary declaration of members' interests is currently being compiled and will be available in due course on the Expert Group's website. Some members were nominated by groups or professional bodies. Others were invited to participate on the basis of their professional standing and their capacity to connect appropriately to, for example, the work of the Medical Research Council or the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. The selection of members also had regard to the range of issues raised by the Health and Community Care Committee.
Jonathon Best | Chief Executive of Yorkhill NHS Trust since February 2000. Previously Chief Executive at Lomond and Argyll NHS Trust. |
Dr Claire Bramley | Epidemiologist, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. |
Dr Clare Brogan | Lecturer in Psychology Glasgow Caledonian University. Nominated by the National Autistic Society. |
Dr David Cromie | Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Immunisation Co-ordinator, Lanarkshire NHS Board. |
Mr Martyn Evans | Director of the Scottish Consumer Council. Previous posts have included Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice for Scotland and the Director of Shelter (Scotland). |
The Very Reverend Graham Forbes | Chairman. Provost, St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh. |
Dr David Goldblatt | Reader in Immunology at the Institute of Child Health, University College, London and a Consultant Paediatric Immunologist at Great Ormond Street Children's NHS Trust and member of Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). |
Mrs Gillian Hamer-Hodges | Current chairperson of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) National Group Forum, the NACC Scottish representative and a trustee. |
Mrs Jane Hook | Chairperson of Scottish Society for Autism (SSA) and the Autism Alliance for Scotland. Co-founder of the Strathclyde Autistic Society. Member of Steering Group for the Public Health Institute of Scotland (PHIS) Needs Assessment for Autism. |
Professor Steve Hudson | Boots Professor of Pharmaceutical Care, University of Strathclyde. Scottish Executive National Specialist in Pharmaceutical Care. Founder member and current General Committee member of UK Clinical Pharmacy Association. |
Professor Eve Johnston | Professor of Psychiatry and Head of Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh. Chairman of MRC Autism Review. |
Ms Jo McCallum | Public Health Nurse Specialist (Women's and Children's Health), Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board. Over 20 years nursing experience with specialist interest in childhood immunisations. |
Dr Adrian Margerison | Consultant Community Paediatrician Borders NHS Board. Chairman of Scottish Association of Community Child Health. |
Dr Andrew Riley | Director of Public Health, Borders NHS Board. |
Professor Lewis Ritchie | Mackenzie Professor and Head of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen. Principal general practitioner at Peterhead Health Centre. Serves on JCVI and recently chaired the Meningococcal C Immunisation Programme Implementation Group for Scotland. |
Mr Bruce Robertson | Director of Education, Highland Council. |
Professor Lawrence Weaver | Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health, University of Glasgow. |
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to investigate the possibility of setting up a centre based on the Son-Rise Program run by the Autism Treatment Centre of America.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no current plans to investigate the possibility of setting up a centre based on the Son-Rise Program.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 15 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many residential places have been utilised for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction since May 1999, broken down by health board area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
