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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-15384

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the planned national surveillance system for monitoring hospital-acquired infection will allow the number of deaths caused by such infections to be estimated.

The main objectives of the proposed HAI surveillance system, which is the subject of work by a sub-group of the Scottish Executive's Advisory Group on Infection, are to gather and present systematic information about a range of hospital-acquired infections so that our understanding of the factors which contribute to these infections can be increased and more effective control action taken. Such action will contribute to reduced length of stay, more effective treatment, and improved health for patients moving through hospital. There are no plans at present to gather further information on the relationship between HAI and mortality: HAI is not recognised as a certifiable cause of death; there can be considerable clinical uncertainties about the degree to which an infection contributes to death, and there can also be uncertainty about the source of infections which cause or contribute to death, especially in very ill patients with a number of concurrent conditions.

Question reference: S1W-15176

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, when the review of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas is expected to conclude.

Question reference: S1W-15173

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, which organisations are being consulted as part of the review of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas.

Question reference: S1W-15175

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, who is reviewing problems of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas.

Question reference: S1W-15172

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, when the review of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas was initiated.

Question reference: S1W-15177

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will respond to the findings of the recent publication A Scottish Survey of General and Community Dental Practitioners published by the University of Aberdeen Toothousand Project.

The discussion document Workforce Planning for Dentistry in Scotland - A Strategic Review, which was published in October 2000, detailed a number of areas for review by the Scottish Advisory Committee on the Dental Workforce (SACDW). The findings of the Toothousand Project will be considered by the SACDW and its subgroups as part of this ongoing work, once the Scottish Survey of General and Community Dental Practitioners report has been officially published.

Question reference: S1W-15174

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13850 by Susan Deacon on 16 March 2001, whether in the review of NHS dental access in remote and rural areas the views of people who live in such areas will be sought.

Question reference: S1W-15119

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2001
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which non-departmental public bodies for which it is responsible had (a) a budget overspend and (b) a budget underspend and what the respective figures were for (a) and (b) in the last year for which such information is available.

Question reference: S1W-15118

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2001
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2001

Question reference: S1W-15117

Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2001
Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2001